La Chimera

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Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. To find her, Arthur challenges the invisible, searches everywhere, goes inside the earth -- in search of the door to the afterlife of which myths speak. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera.

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If La Chimera is a wild, improbable pursuit, this marvelous and magical tale by Alice Rochrwacher is the pie in the sky to behold.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

The film’s riches come from Rohrwacher’s seemingly inexhaustible wealth of ideas...

Rated: 5/5

May 12, 2024

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Hoai-Tran Bui

Inverse

Alice Rohrwacher’s haunting, elegiac dram seems like it was lost to the sands of time — and was only just now unearthed for our viewing pleasure.

May 12, 2024

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Clarisse Loughrey

Independent (UK)

It stirs up a fierce protectiveness in the viewer. Treasure this now, hold it, turn it, and examine it from all sides, or it may slip beyond your grasp.

Rated: 5/5

May 10, 2024

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Gissane Sophia

Marvelous Geeks Media

La Chimera is a consciously drawn-out, quietly stunning excavation that breathes tremendous life into what preservation means and how it shifts throughout time

May 13, 2024

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Hanna Flint

The Sun (UK)

Helene Louvart’s gorgeous cinematography captures the sublime mundanity of this traditional Italian setting and the magical realism of Arthur’s heightened, melancholic senses.

Rated: 4/5

May 13, 2024

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Paul Whitington

Irish Independent

La Chimera is a beautiful, haunting film, playful and melancholy, deliberately ragged around the edges.

Rated: 5/5

May 10, 2024

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Shane E

It was mysterious and accidentally beautiful. It reminded me of what movies can be.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/15/24

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elaine f

A sweet, funny, sad movie. Great actors (although the Italian gang was a little stereotypical). We could see it again since.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Marshall

A film for the film lovers!! Parts of it reminded me of things Kubrick and Godard would do! Solid movie!!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Marcos G

A poetic reflection on our dreams, our failures, and the unavoidable obstacles placed before us.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/12/24

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Robert

Best film I have seen in a long time!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/03/24

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La Chimera has an experimental messiness that some may find quirky, but which contributes to the feeling of something wondrously hand-crafted. Rohrwacher seems to be on a mission to re-enchant us through art, and I, for one, am grateful. There's something of a Weberian critique of bourgeois disenchantment underlying the film, which its protagonist, played by English actor Josh O' Connor (Challengers, The Crown), fights madly, heroically, to the very end. Here, the two worlds, the world of love, enchantment, beauty, sacredness, the idealism of the past remembered, is lost--it belongs is the world of the dead. The world of the living is one of commerce, survival, strategy, lies. How marvellous it is for Rohrwacher to guide us from one world to the other, down this winding river Styx to a somehow ever-present, ever-forgotten trap door: love. Love, in all of its manifestations: delusion, memory, simple appreciation, harmony.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/01/24

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Synopsis

Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. To find her, Arthur challenges the invisible, searches everywhere, goes inside the earth -- in search of the door to the afterlife of which myths speak. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera.

Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Screenwriter: Alice Rohrwacher, Marco Pettenello, Carmela Covino
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Ad Vitam Production, Arte, Amka Films Productions, RAI Cinema, Tempesta
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 29, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $713.8K
Runtime: 2h 10m

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