Spellbound

AnuncannytriangleemergesinthisupdateofHenryJames’sshortstory“TheWayItCame,”directedbyPascalBonitzer(RightHereRightNow,Rendez-Vous2017).BookcriticColine(SaraGiraudeau)isassignedaprofileofareclusive,broodingpainter(LettheSunshineIn’sNicolasDuvauchelle),whoclaimstohaveseenhismother’sspiritjustbeforeherdeath.Curiously,Coline’sclosefriend(AnabelLopez),alsoanartist,saysshewitnessedanapparitionofherfatheronthebrinkofhissuddenpassing,aswell.Anetherealbrewoflust,grief,andjealousypropelsthistransfixingstoryofinvisiblefrequenciesandmortalhungers.