In Legacy, when Maya (Phoebe Dynevor) learns that her father (Rhys Ifans) was a spy, she suddenly finds herself in the middle of a foreign conspiracy. In her search for answers, Maya becomes a target and will have to travel the world. In the world, master his father’s skills and get to the bottom of the mysteries of his afterlife in this gripping spy thriller.
What makes this film, directed by unlimited director Neil Burger, exclusive is the fact that it was necessarily produced covertly. Filmed with an iPhone, the legacy was filmed without the other people around Dynevor and Ifans knowing what was going on. . . or That they were extras!
As you can imagine, this burger presented many very unique demanding situations as a filmmaker. Earlier this month, we sat down with him to learn more about how he approached this edge-of-your-seat thriller.
“In fact, it was a fantastic experience. As you said, I made some important movies, but the concept of this movie was to turn the world and see it as it is,” he tells us in the video below. When you transmit a movie is that movies are very disruptive and call attention to themselves. I didn’t want people to look at us, I wanted to look at others. “
“The concept of shooting it on an iPhone, without microphones, without lighting, so we can see that the global flow of . . .
“We did a lot of that. We walked into crowded markets in Cairo and no one looked at us because he looked like an undeniable guy. Everyone has an iPhone,” Burger said. “We did this alien mystery and other movies were shot on iPhone, but it’s the first alien mystery that’s making the rounds around the world. “
You can watch Legacy’s full interview below, adding an anecdote from the director about Dynevor stealing a pair of sunglasses, genuine, at an airport.
Inheritance arrives in theaters on January 24, 2025