The Immortal

2019

Documentary

61min

The film, set in a north-western industrial town in Russia, reveals the mechanism that entices human beings to voluntarily become a resource to the state. Can a person ever be free in an imperialist society, where intricate and obscure structures take control of their mind-set from an early age? The film looks at the making of a Russian citizen from a fresh angle. The director’s subtle but demanding look reveals “the system” at work in the most benign-looking situations, in all aspects of the everyday. What happens to people’s free will and self-determination in such conditions? The film is a Nietzschean treat, asking the core existential question: is a human being ever born free?

Crystal Globe – the Grand Prix for Best Documentary Film at the 54th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Main producer

VESILIND

Riho Västrik

Director

Ksenia Okhapkina

Script

Ksenia Okhapkina

Kersti Uibo

Pauls Bankovskis

Cinematographer

Aleksandr Demyanenko

Artem Ignatov

Ksenia Okhapkina

Composer

Robert Jürjendal

Arian Levin

editor

Stijn Deconinck

Ksenia Okhapkina

Co-producer

Uldis Cekulis