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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Critics Consensus

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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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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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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bryce y

I was interested in the film because I like Alice Rohrwacher’s film The Wonders. La Chimera is beautiful film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Jourdain Searles

RogerEbert.com

Rohrwacher uses magical realism to craft a film that’s just as playful as it is heartbreaking.

Apr 26, 2024

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Kimber Myers

Crooked Marquee

With La Chimera, Alice Rohrwacher blends romance with tragedy and comedy with drama, creating a singular work of genre-defying magical realism.

Rated: A-

Apr 19, 2024

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Rohrwacher’s story nestles up to both ache and beauty and is as much about what’s been lost as what’s been found. It’s as transportative as a poetic work of Italian literature.

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 17, 2024

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Margot Harrison

Seven Days (VT)

I couldn't tell you the purpose of half the story elements in La Chimera, yet Rohrwacher conjures a mesmerizing sense of the arcane hidden beneath the mundane, just as tombs and shrines hollow out the landscape.

Apr 26, 2024

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

Even with some unnecessary lengths, La Chimera provides a singular experience in a kind-hearted fashion that allows the movie to resonate with more warmth than what was initially thought.

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 25, 2024

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Rohrwacher is largely immune to the dictates of classical narrative, instead giving her story space to breathe as it unfolds with all the messiness and misdirection of real life

Rated: 3.5/4

Apr 25, 2024

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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): $546.7K
Runtime: 2h 10m

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