What if a movie star as big as Rob Pattinson was haunted by a girl who was in love with him?
In Depression-era New York, 19 year-old Lucy Garside has more than most; her wealthy family remains mostly untouched by the Great Depression , and she is free to plan for her future....until she becomes deathly ill with pneumonia and nearly dies. Her best friend, Ben Delacorte, stays by her side the entire time, and when she finally beats the illness Lucy realizes he has feelings for her. On a lovely fall day, the two of them make a date to see a movie at the glorious Imperial Theater in the city, never knowing that Lucy's body is far from recovered; as the film plays on and Ben stands helplessly by, she dies.
When her spirit is returned to Earth, Lucy finds herself back at the Imperial, which becomes a refuge for her. Over the years, she watches many films alongside the living, who never notice her presence. One day, she sees a film starring a handsome young star named Archer Black. Feeling a strange, unnamed need to meet him, Lucy sets out to find him, only to discover that they are linked in a way that will change their worlds forever.