Underplayed Gems

Immorality (2015)

Immorality poster
Original title
جاودانگی
Directed by
Mehdi Fard Ghaderi
Genre
drama film, experimental film
Country
Iran
Runtime
2h 25m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The entire film takes place on a train during a rainy night, captured in a single 145-minute Steadicam shot. It follows an unknown person traveling through the night, with the journey becoming a meditation on time and existence.

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What happens

Immortality (Persian: جاودانگی - Javdanegi) is a 2016 Iranian experimental drama film directed by Mehdi Fard Ghaderi. and his first feature film. This movie was recorded entirely on the train. All of the footage takes place on a rainy night using a 145-minute Steadicam one-shot sequence. Immortality was filmed in fourteen nights, and the film was shot twelve times until the end. The final film is one of those twelve takes. World premiere Immortality was in Rome Film Fest 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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