The Immortal (2019 film)

The Immortal (Italian: L'immortale) is a 2019 Italian crime film directed by Marco D'Amore. The film is both a prequel and a sequel to the events after the third season of the TV series Gomorrah.[2][3]

The Immortal
Theatrical release poster
ItalianL'immortale
Directed byMarco D'Amore
Produced byMarco Chimenz
Gina Gardini
Giovanni Stabilini
Riccardo Tozzi
Written byMarco D'Amore
Leonardo Fasoli
Maddalena Ravagli
Francesco Ghiaccio
Giulia Forgione
StarringMarco D'Amore
Salvatore D'Onofrio
Giuseppe Aiello
Giovanni Vastarella
Marianna Robustelli
Martina Attanasio
Gennaro Di Colandrea
Nello Mascia
Aleksey Guskov
Salvatore Esposito
Music byMokadelic
CinematographyGuido Michelotti
Edited byPatrizio Marone
Distributed byVision Distribution
Release date
  • 5 December 2019 (2019-12-05)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageNeapolitan
Italian
Box office€6 million[1]

Plot

Cast
  • Marco D'Amore as Ciro Di Marzio
  • Salvatore D'Onofrio as Bruno
  • Giuseppe Aiello as young Ciro Di Marzio
  • Giovanni Vastarella as young Bruno
  • Marianna Robustelli as Vera
  • Martina Attanasio as Stella
  • Gennaro Di Colandrea as Virgil
  • Nello Mascia as Don Aniello Pastore
  • Aleksey Guskov as Yuri Dobeshenko
  • Salvatore Esposito as Gennaro "Genny" Savastano

Production

Development

Throughout the filming of Gomorrah, while working on his character Ciro Di Marzio, Marco D'Amore repeatedly thought about writing a story about the childhood of Ciro. After writing enough material, he thought that there could be a screenplay for a cross-media project between cinema and TV.[4][5]

Filming

Filming started on 5 May 2019.[6] Filming began in Rome on 17 May, continuing in Naples, mainly in the northern area of Naples, reconstructing a Naples set in the 1980s, Riga, Latvia and some locations in France including Paris, Marseille, Vaucluse and Avignon.[5] Filming then ended on 13 July 2019.

Reception

Box office

In the opening weekend, the film was the most watched in Italy, with a collection of €2,816,155.[7] The film grossed a total of €6 million.[1]

Critical response

The film received positive reviews. Rosa Maiuccaro of Wired stated that "L'immortale is not recycled Gomorrah, but an important new chapter in the saga".[8]

References
  1. L'IMMORTALE
  2. "L'Immortale, un'altra Gomorra" (in Italian). esquire.com. 10 December 2019.
  3. "'The Immortal,' Prequel Film to 'Gomorrah' TV Series, to Roll Out in Italian Theaters". variety.com. December 2, 2019.
  4. "L'Immortale (2019): Intervista Esclusiva a Marco D'Amore - HD" (in Italian).
  5. "L'Immortale - Film (2019)". ComingSoon.it (in Italian).
  6. "Partono le riprese de L'Immortale - Cinema". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2019-05-04.
  7. BOXOFFICE ITALIA 5 - 8 DICEMBRE 2019
  8. "L'immortale non è "Gomorra riciclata" ma un nuovo importante capitolo della saga". Wired (in Italian). 2019-12-03.
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