Chronovisor

An armchair mystery in which the life of a reclusive academic collides with the story of a clandestine technology that can photograph the past.

While writing a monograph on historical theories of memory, Béatrice (Anne Laure Sellier), a respected academic, becomes beguiled by the allegedly true story of the Chronovisor, an occult device said to reproduce visuals from any point in history on a TV screen. Her obsession with the mysterious machine drags her from her Upper East Side apartment through the depths of New York City’s hidden libraries, to the edge of a breakthrough.

“A riveting enigma of a brainteaser. One of the year’s most bewitching debuts.” — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire

“Astonishingly original. Enrapturing. A true story of paranormal intrigue.” — Jordan Cronk, Film Comment