The immortalists
Benjamin, Chloe
It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side
and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman
a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die. The Gold children -- four adolescents on the cusp of self-awareness -- sneak out to hear their fortunes. Their prophecies inform their next five decades. Golden-boy Simon escapes to the West Coast
searching for love in '80s San Francisco. Dreamy Klara becomes a Las Vegas magician
obsessed with blurring reality and fantasy. Eldest son Daniel seeks security as an army doctor post-9/11
hoping to control fate. Bookish Varya throws herself into longevity research
where she tests the boundary between science and immortality. The Immortalists probes the line between destiny and choice
reality and illusion
this world and the next. It is a deeply moving testament to the power of story
the nature of belief
and the unrelenting pull of familial bonds.
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