A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
July 2, 2019
Original Title:
Immortal
Alternate Titles:
Nemirstīgie
Бессмертный
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
OÜ Vesilind
VFS Films
Production Countries:
Estonia | Latvia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 61
Apatity, a far-north industrial town in Russia, first came into being as a USSR concentration camp. Although its environment is at the brink of ecological disaster, the people here still believe in the state’s promise of immortality that can be gained through sacrificial service to the fatherland. This is how the elite in a totalitarian state buy a person’s will, strength, talent and, indeed, life, turning the human being into another resource that is as faceless as a grey lump of ore. ‘I cannot fight big corporations or state structures with a film. But I hope that there is someone in the darkness of the cinema whose heart will get a bit warmer after seeing it,’ says the director. The larger part of the film was shot during the polar night.
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Co-Producer:
Uldis Cekulis
Director:
Ksenia Okhapkina
Director of Photography:
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Artem Ignatov
Ksenia Okhapkina
Editor:
Stijn Deconinck
Ksenia Okhapkina
Music:
Robert Jürjendal
Arian Levin
Producer:
Riho Västrik
Screenplay:
Ksenia Okhapkina
Sound Mixer:
Artis Dukaļskis
Writer:
Kersti Uibo
Pauls Bankovskis
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