The Book of Vision

The Book of Vision is a 2020 psychological drama film directed by Carlo S. Hintermann (in his narrative feature directorial debut) and starring Charles Dance, Lotte Verbeek and Sverrir Gudnason. Terrence Malick serves as an executive producer.^[1][3]

The Book of Vision
Film poster
Directed by	Carlo S. Hintermann
Screenplay by	Carlo S. Hintermann Marco Saura
Produced by	Gerardo Panichi Robin Monotti Graziadei Vera Graziadei Sébastien Delloye Jerome Bellavista Caltagirone
Starring	Charles Dance Lotte Verbeek Sverrir Gudnason
Cinematography	Jörg Widmer
Edited by	Piero Lassandro
Music by	Hanan Townshend
Production companies	Citrullo International Luminous Arts Productions Entre Chien et Loup Rai Cinema
Distributed by	Parkland Entertainment
Release dates	September 3, 2020 (2020-09-03) (Venice)[1] July 8, 2021 (2021-07-08) (Italy) January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20) (United Kingdom)
Running time	99 minutes[2]
Countries	Italy United Kingdom Belgium
Language	English

It was selected as the opening film of the International Critics' Week at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.^[1][3]

Plot

In present day, young doctor Eva leaves her promising career behind to study history of medicine, questioning everything from her nature to her body, her illness and sealed fate. Johan Anmuth is an 18th-century Prussian physician in perpetual struggle 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. Nothing expires in its time. Only what you desire is real, not merely what happens.^[4]

Cast

• Charles Dance as Johan Anmuth
• Lotte Verbeek as Eva / Elizabeth
• Sverrir Gudnason as Dr Nils Lindgren
• Filippo Nigro
• Isolda Dychauk
• Rocco Gottlieb
• Justin Korovkin as Günter
• Giselda Volodi
• Vera Graziadei as Rivka Sorkin / Mrs Dobileit