Immortal

Immortal

Year: 2004

Runtime: 103 mins

Language: French

Director: Enki Bilal

DramaAction

Set in a far‑future Earth ruled by ancient deities and genetically engineered humans, the fragile balance is shattered when a condemned god is sentenced to death. Determined to survive, he searches for a suitable human vessel and a woman capable of bearing his offspring, setting a perilous quest in motion.

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Timeline & Setting – Immortal (2004)

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Time period

Late 21st century

The era is defined by advanced biotech, corporate power, and social stratification. Genetic engineering and refugees reshape daily life, while a mysterious inclusion zone traps Central Park and a floating pyramid marks the collision of myth and technology.

Location

New York City, Paris

In the late 21st century New York City becomes a neon-drenched metropolis where genetically altered humans live among refugees from other beings behind a lethal forcefield around Central Park's inclusion zone. The city is controlled by an all-powerful eugenics company that dominates government and industry and keeps refugees under tight surveillance. A hovering pyramid above the city signals a mythic dimension as ancient Egyptian gods observe modern life.

🌆 Futuristic city 🗺️ Global metropolis 🏙️ Urban society

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Main Characters – Immortal (2004)

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Elma Turner (Charlotte Rampling)

A perceptive scientist who becomes fascinated by Jill’s unique biology. She helps Jill escape the eugenics firm and wrestles with the moral implications of her work in a corrupt system.

🔬 Scientist 🧬 Genetic engineering ⚖️ Moral dilemma

Nikopol (Thomas Kretschmann)

A political rebel awakened from cryostasis who shares a body with Horus. He resists the god’s control, aids Jill’s safety, and grapples with loyalty, autonomy, and the burden of intervention from a divine being.

⚔️ Rebellion 🧭 Political intrigue 🤝 Dual allegiances

Jill (Linda Hardy)

A blue-haired humanoid bioengineered being capable of bearing a god’s child, Jill is rapidly evolving toward humanity. Her genome mutates toward human form, risking memory loss as she becomes entangled in the love-triangle between Horus and Nikopol.

🧬 Genetic engineering 🌀 Transformation 💖 Marginalized identities

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Major Themes – Immortal (2004)

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🗝️ Power

The film centers on how a single corporation wields political and social power, exploiting refugees and controlling life-and-death decisions. Horus’ quest to regain immortality pits divine authority against human institutions. Characters such as Jill and Elma navigate moral compromises within this surveillance-driven, exploitative system.

🧬 Identity

Biology and memory drive the plot: Jill is a bioengineered being whose genome is rapidly changing toward humanity, at the cost of her memories. Horus must inhabit a mortal host to survive, blurring lines between god, human, and machine. The story asks what it means to be oneself when biology can rewrite existence.

💞 Love

Romance becomes a battlefield as Horus seduces Jill through Nikopol’s body, testing consent, power, and desire. Nikopol’s moral outrage against Horus’s actions adds humanity to a story about creation and control. The union results in a child that embodies both divine and human lines, and a future reunion remains tantalizingly unresolved as Jill carries a blue falcon baby into Paris a year later.

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