La Chimera15

Directed by Alice Rohrwacher | Italy | 2023 | 2h 11m | Italian w/ English subtitles | Starring Josh O’Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Alba Rohrwacher

In 1980s Tuscany, English archaeologist Arthur joins a motley crew of tomb raiders who search for Etruscan artefacts to peddle on the black market. Arthur appears to possess a gift for sensing valuable items buried beneath the earth, a talent which also allows him to connect with his personal history as well as the ghosts of antiquity. British actor Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown) gives a magnificent lead performance in Alice Rohrwacher’s (Happy As Lazzaro) enchanting, metaphysical folk tale of lost love and the conflict between ancient history and the present.

Reviews

‘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.’
★★★★★
Clarisse Loughery, The Independent

‘Not just great, but expansive: it shows new ways a movie can be.’
★★★★★
Esme Holden, Little White Lies

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