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LA CHIMERA


Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland | 2023 | 130 Mins | Italian, English

Sun, Nov 10 | 3:30 PM | PICTURETIME 1 (BASKETBALL COURT)

Poster - LA CHIMERA

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.

Alice Rohrwacher

Alice Rohrwacher

Alice Rohrwacher was born in Fiesole and studied in Turin and Lisbon. In 2011, she directed her first feature film, Corpo Celeste (Heavenly Body), which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and was showcased at the Sundance, New York, and Tokyo festivals. Her second film, Le Meraviglie (The Wonders), won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 2014, while her third, Lazzaro Felice (Happy as Lazarus), received the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes in 2018.

She also directed De Djess (2015) for the Miu Miu Women’s Tales series and staged Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata in 2016. In 2020, she helmed episodes of My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name. In 2021, she co-directed the documentary, Futura, presented at Cannes. Her 2023 short, Le Pupille (The Pupils), co-produced by Alfonso Cuarón, earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short.

Producer : Carlo Cresto-Dina, Alexandra Henochsberg, Pierre-François Piet, Gregory Gajos, Michela Pini, Amel Soudani, Olga Lamontanara
Writer : Alice Rohrwacher
Cinematographer : Hélène Louvart
Editor : Nelly Quettier
Sound : Marta Billingsley
Cast : Josh O’Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Carol Duarte and Vincenzo Nemolato

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