A new 4K restoration of Cronos, the debut feature from Guillermo del Toro, will screen as part of the Park City Legacy Program. The presentation will be followed by an extended Q&A with del Toro, offering audiences an opportunity to revisit the filmmaker’s first feature with added context.
Originally released in 1993, Cronos centers on Jesús Gris, an antiques dealer who discovers an ancient mechanical device shaped like a scarab. The artifact grants unnatural vitality at a growing personal cost, drawing Jesús into a dangerous dependency while attracting the attention of an obsessive outsider named Angel. The film stars Federico Luppi and Ron Perlman and introduces themes that would recur throughout del Toro’s later work, including mortality, obsession, and the moral weight of desire.
The restoration highlights the film’s practical effects and visual design, elements that helped establish del Toro’s reputation early in his career. Though unconventional upon release, Cronos has since become a key reference point in discussions of modern genre cinema and director-driven fantasy filmmaking.
The Park City screening places Cronos within a legacy-focused setting, inviting audiences to examine how del Toro’s earliest feature laid the groundwork for his later body of work.
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