★ São Paulo International Film Festival 2023 - Best Film by Audience Vote
★ Chicago International Film Festival, 2023 - Silver Hugo Award - Best Group Performance and Best Cinematography
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
Cast: Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Alba Rohrwacher
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Alice Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole and studied in Turin and Lisbon. In 2011 she directed her first full-length film, Heavenly Body which premiered at Cannes in the Directors’ Fortnight, and screened at the Sundance, New York, London, Rio and Tokyo festivals. Her second film The Wonders won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2014, while her third Happy As Lazarus, received the Best Screenplay award in Cannes, as well as great international acclaim. In 2023 she was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Live Action Shorts category for The Pupils co-produced by Alfonso Cuarón for Disney. La Chimera is her latest feature film. | |