Chronovisor film explores legendary Vatican time-viewing machine

The film ‘Chronovisor’, directed by Jack Auen and Kevin Walker, explores the legend of a machine capable of projecting historical events onto a screen. The narrative follows Beatrice Courte, a university lecturer, as she investigates the existence of the device, which was allegedly developed in the 1950s by a Benedictine monk, Father Pelligrino Ernetti, with the support of scientists at the behest of the Vatican.

The story delves into a purported conspiracy involving Pope Pius XII to suppress the technology due to fears that the device could fall into the hands of ‘evil entities’. The film utilizes a grainy 16mm aesthetic to mirror the historical and investigative nature of the subject matter, which blends academic research with conspiracy theory.