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La Chimera

Horizons 2023 / La chimera / Italy, France, Switzerland 2023

La Chimera La Chimera

Synopsis

The 1980s. Disheveled, unshaven, in a faded white coat, always a cigarette between his lips. This is the Englishman Arthur (Josh O’Connor), who is on his way back to a seaside village in Tuscany. His job? Treasure hunter – he and a ragtag gang of compatriots earn their living robbing Etruscan graves. But hidden behind his unkempt exterior is an inner turmoil fueled by his inability to forget his lost love Beniamina. Fantasy film or eccentric, comedic dream? The Karlovy Vary festival program just had to reserve a place for Alice Rohrwacher’s fourth feature outing, characterized by her typically wild plot and unmistakably vibrant style.

Martin Horyna

About the film

130 min / Color, DCP

Director Alice Rohrwacher / Screenplay Alice Rohrwacher / Dir. of Photography Hélène Louvart / Sound Xavier Lavorel / Editor Nelly Quettier / Art Director Emita Frigato / Producer Carlo Cresto Dina / Production Tempesta, Ad Vitam, Amka Films Production, Rai Cinema / Cast Josh O'Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato / Sales The Match Factory / Distributor Aerofilms

About the director

Alice Rohrwacher

Alice Rohrwacher (1982, Fiesole, Italy). Filmography: Corpo celeste (2011), The Wonders (Le meraviglie, 2014), De djess (2015, short), Happy as Lazzaro (Lazzaro felice, 2018), La chimera (2023).

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The Match Factory
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Germany
Phone: +49 221 539 7090
E-mail: [email protected]

Aerofilms
Milady Horákové 383/79, 170 00, Praha 7
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 947 566
E-mail: [email protected]

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