The Immortal (2019)

Movie
German title	The Immortal
Original title	L'immortale
Country of production	Italy
original language	Italian
Publishing year	2019
length	110 minutes
Rod
Director	Marco D'Amore
script	Leonardo Fasoli , ; Maddalena Ravagli , ; Marco D'Amore, ; Francesco Ghiaccio , ; Giulia Forgione
production	Marco Chimenz , ; Giovanni Stabilini , ; Riccardo Tozzi
music	Mokadelic
camera	Guido Michelotti
cut	Patrizio Marone
occupation
	Marco D'Amore : Ciro Di Marzio; Giuseppe Aiello : Ciro Di Marzio (young); Salvatore D'Onofrio : Bruno; Giovanni Vastarella : Bruno (young); Marianna Robustelli : Vera; Martina Attanasio : Stella; Gennaro Di Colandrea : Virgilio; Nello Mascia : Aniello Pastore; Aleksei Guskov : Yuri Dobeshenko; Salvatore Esposito : Gennaro "Genny" Savastano;

The Immortal (original title: L'immortale ) is an Italian film by Marco D'Amore and is a spin-off of the Sky Italia series Gomorrah . Despite an independent plot, the film forms a bridge between the fourth and the year already released The fifth season of the mother series will begin in 2021. The film premiered in Italian cinemas on December 5, 2019.

action

The plot of the film ties in with the events of the last episode of the third season of Gomorrah , in which Gennaro "Genny" Savastano is forced by the once allied Enzo Villa to kill his partner Ciro "the Immortal" Di Marzio. While Ciro's body sinks into the dark waters of the Gulf of Naples , flashbacks shed light on Ciro's past: the young Ciro lost his parents in an earthquake in Irpinia in 1980, grew up in an orphanage and "got on the wrong track on the streets of Naples. " ".

The second timeline shows how Ciro, after surviving the attack on his life, is doing new business in Latvia with his childhood mentor Bruno, which leads him into conflict with a local boss of the Russian mafia .

development

Nicola Maccanico , Managing Director of Vision Distribution and Vice-Program Director of Sky Italia , confirmed in September 2018 that a prequel film produced by Cattleya for the Gomorrah series with Marco D'Amore in the lead role will be released at the end of 2019. In addition to Cattleya , Beta Film and ITV Studios were involved in the production.

The shooting, which ended in the middle of summer 2019, took place in Naples ( Italy ) and Riga ( Latvia ).

A first release date, dated December 12, 2019, was announced in August 2019, with this being brought forward to December 5, 2019 in October.

The film premiered in Italian cinemas through the film distribution company Vision Distribution . Internationally, the film is to be released by Beta Film in 2020 .

Recurring characters

Typical of a spin-off , in addition to newly introduced characters, well-known characters from the Gomorrah series also find their way into the film.

Ciro "the immortal" Di Marzio: Ciro, already played in the series by Marco D'Amore , is a former boss of a fictional Camorra clan from Secondigliano and is again embodied in The Immortal by D'Amore and, during his younger years, by Giuseppe Aiello .

Aniello Pastore

Gennaro "Genny" Savastano: Genny, the son and successor of the late Camorra boss Pietro "Don piè" Savastano, is played by Salvatore Esposito , as in the series .

Web links

The Immortal in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c 'The Immortal,' Prequel Film to 'Gomorrah' TV Series, to Roll Out in Italian Theaters. In: Variety.com . December 2, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .
↑ 'Gomorrah' Spinoff: Marco D'Amore To Star In & Direct Ciro Di Marzio Origins Movie. In: deadline.com. September 10, 2018, accessed October 9, 2019 .
↑ Vision Distribution: in 2019 il film su Ciro di Gomorra e l'esordio alla regia di Christoph Waltz. In: movieplayer.it. December 14, 2018, accessed October 9, 2019 .
^ L'Immortale, anticipata l'uscita del film prequel di Gomorrah. In: badtaste.it. September 30, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .
^ L'immortale e il ritorno di Ciro Di Marzio, cosa sappiamo sul film di Gomorrah. In: movieplayer.it. October 7, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .
↑ "Gomorrah": Prequel film brings back Ciro, the immortal! In: kino.de. August 16, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .
^ The Immortal Unveiled the Official Release of the Film on Ciro Di Gomorra. In: sparkchronicles.com. September 30, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .

[variety1-1] 'The Immortal,' Prequel Film to 'Gomorrah' TV Series, to Roll Out in Italian Theaters. In: Variety.com . December 2, 2019, accessed December 17, 2019 .

[2] 'Gomorrah' Spinoff: Marco D'Amore To Star In & Direct Ciro Di Marzio Origins Movie. In: deadline.com. September 10, 2018, accessed October 9, 2019 .

[3] Vision Distribution: in 2019 il film su Ciro di Gomorra e l'esordio alla regia di Christoph Waltz. In: movieplayer.it. December 14, 2018, accessed October 9, 2019 .

[4] L'Immortale, anticipata l'uscita del film prequel di Gomorrah. In: badtaste.it. September 30, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .

[5] L'immortale e il ritorno di Ciro Di Marzio, cosa sappiamo sul film di Gomorrah. In: movieplayer.it. October 7, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .

[6] "Gomorrah": Prequel film brings back Ciro, the immortal! In: kino.de. August 16, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .

[7] The Immortal Unveiled the Official Release of the Film on Ciro Di Gomorra. In: sparkchronicles.com. September 30, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .