OPENING NIGHT FILM

Eva (Lotte Verbeek), a promising young doctor, leaves her brilliant career to study History of Medicine in a remote university. Now is the time for her to call everything into question: her nature, her body, her illness, and her sealed fate. Johan Anmuth (Game of Thrones star Charles Dance) is an 18th Century Prussian physician in perpetual conflict between the rise of rationalism and ancient forms of animism. The Book of Vision is a manuscript that sweeps these two existences up, blending them into a never-ending vortex. Far from a proper scientific text, the book contains the hopes, fears, and dreams of more than 1800 patients. Dr. Anmuth truly knew how to listen to his patients, whose spirits still wander through the pages, life and death, merging in a continuous flow. The story of Anmuth and his patients inspire Eva to live her life to the fullest.

Nothing expires in its time. Only what you desire is real, not merely what happens.

Director Carlos Hintermann described his film as “a game of mirrors between two dimensions” with time jumps “inspired by the type of storytelling in video games.” The director also described the movie as a cross between “Barry Lyndon” and “Labyrinth.” The Book of Vision is executive produced by Terrence Malick.