I Origins

Name: I Origins
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Released: 2014-07-18
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun, Archie Panjabi

I Origins (2014)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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Actors and characters

Video for the film I Origins — I Origins Official Trailer #1 (2014) - Michael Pitt, Brit Marling Sci-Fi Movie HD

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Release date

2014-07-18

Country

United States

Production

Verisimilitude, Bersin Pictures, WeWork Studios, Penny Jane Films

Genre

Science Fiction, Drama

Budget

$1 000 000

Box office

$481 234

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Director

Mike Cahill

Actors

Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun, Archie Panjabi, Cara Seymour, Venida Evans, William Mapother, Kashish, Dorien Makhloghi
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Scenario

Mike Cahill

Producer

Mike Cahill, Hunter Gray, Alex Orlovsky, Bonnie Timmermann, Michael Pitt, Tyler Brodie, Jayne Hong, Adam S. Bersin, Burton Gray, Adam Neumann

Camera operator

Markus Förderer

Composer

Will Bates

Artist

Tania Bijlani

Audition

Dilip Shankar, James Calleri, Paul Davis

Editing

Mike Cahill
Whole Team (52)

Short description

A molecular biologist's study of the human eye has far-reaching implications about humanity's scientific and spiritual beliefs.

What's left behind the scenes

At the end of the film, Salome completes the testing and scores 44%. The test included 25 questions from A to Y. 44% of 25 is 11. At the beginning of the film, this number is what led Jan to Sophie.
Sophie's eye color actually belongs to Astrid Berges-Frisbey, while the character Salome, who naturally has beautiful black eyes, had them digitally corrected.
The main character, Jan, shares a name with Professor Ian Stevenson (1918–2007), best known for his scientific research in the field of reincarnation.
The protagonist photographs children in India with a Canon camera, using a 40mm lens. In a real-life situation, he would have to move at least three meters away to fit everyone in the frame.
In one of the film's episodes, you can see the famous cover of National Geographic magazine from June 1985, featuring twelve-year-old Sharbat Gula. Her portrait is called the “Afghan Mona Lisa,” particularly because of her unusual and captivating gaze.
The book Jan is reading in the cafe is Richard Dawkins' "The Blind Watchmaker".
At the beginning, when the film's title appears on the screen, only the letters I and O are visible for a while, forming “IOII”. In binary code, 1011 equals the number 11. This number appears several times throughout the film and plays an important role in the plot's development.
At the end of the final credits, it is shown that the database has scanned the irises of world and historical figures (for example: John Kennedy, Adolf Hitler, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela), and currently someone supposedly has identical irises. The hidden meaning is that the afterlife is frequent earthly rebirths, that is, reincarnation. Thus, a parallel is drawn to Hindu (and other) religious beliefs.