La Chimera
Film details
| Film Title | La Chimera |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 133mins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | France, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey |
| Director | Alice Rohrwacher |
| Actors | Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabella Rossellini, Vincenzo Nemolato, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Giuliano Mantovani, Gian Piero Capretto, Melchiorre Pala, Ramona Fiorini, Luca Gargiullo, Yle Vianello, Barbara Chiesa, Elisabetta Perotto, Chiara Pazzaglia |
| Language | English, Italian, Portuguese, French |
| AKA | La chimera |
| Showings |
Just out of jail, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.
With La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher blends romance with tragedy and comedy with drama, creating a singular work of genre-defying magical realism.
★★★★★
Ultimately, the problem dramatised here is the same one faced by any modern artist: how do you retain a meaningful link to your predecessors while shaping something new? Rohrwacher’s answer is the film itself.
★★★★
