La Chimera
An enchanting story of love, longing, and ancient tomb raiding from writer-director Alice Rorhrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro, The Wonders), set in the Tuscan town of Riparbella in the 1980s.
Possessing an old-school analogue charm with shot-on-film cinematography, La Chimera tells the story of Arthur (Josh O’Connor), an Englishman and archaeologist who finds himself leading a gang of art thieves/grave robbers. Arthur has strayed from his path, and only meeting with Italia (Carol Duarte) and the potential for love may save him.
“A film that utterly occupies its own fictional space; it expresses its eccentric romance in its own fluent movie dialect. I was utterly captivated by this sad, lovelorn adventure.” ~Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
“As with her other works, La Chimera is a gift of a film, a philosophically stimulating piece of cinema that has the rare capacity to genuinely transform the way we look at the world.” ~Farah Cheded, The Playlist
Cast
Josh O’Connor , Isabella Rossellini , Carol Duarte , Alba Rohrwacher , Vincenzo Nemolato , Yle Vianello , Giuliano Mantovani , Melchiorre Pala , Gan Piero Capretto , Ramona Fiorini , Julia Pandolfo , Lou Roy Lecollinet
Director
Languages
Italian, English
Subtitles
English
Countries
Italy, France, Switzerland
Studio
Palace
