LA CHIMERA

By Alice ROHRWACHER

DEUTCHMAN COMPANY INC - as CONS

Drama - Completed 2023

The film is set in the 1980s in the clandestine world of the tombaroli, or tomb robbers and tells the story of a young English archaeologist caught up in the illegal trafficking of ancient finds.

Festivals
& Awards

Festival de Cannes 2023
Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF 2023
Horizons
Toronto - TIFF 2023
Special Presentations
Zurich FF 2023
Gala Premieres
Busan IFF 2023
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    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • ITALY, SWITZERLAND, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN, ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 130 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Alice ROHRWACHER
    • 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.