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  • 2024
  • Not Rated
  • Neon
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2024
  • Not Rated
  • Neon
  • 2 h 10 m

Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Alice Rohrwacher

Written By: Alice Rohrwacher, Carmela Covino, Marco Pettenello

  • 2024
  • Not Rated
  • Neon
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2024
  • Not Rated
  • Neon
  • 2 h 10 m

La Chimera

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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91
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 59 User Ratings
7.4
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Summary 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 ...

Directed By: Alice Rohrwacher

Written By: Alice Rohrwacher, Carmela Covino, Marco Pettenello

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 31 Critic Reviews
91
97% Positive
30 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 31 Critic Reviews
91
97% Positive
30 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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100
May 13, 2024
There’s something about the folkloric quality of Rohrwacher’s films, their embrace of a kind of earth magic, that prompts people to describe them as fairytales. But this is perhaps misleading. La Chimera is no twinkly escapist fantasy, it’s a film full of grit, thorns and greed.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
100
Mar 29, 2024
At the heart of La Chimera is the question of how we bear the weight of the past while living in the present, and the answer that Rohrwacher settles on strikes me as both sensible and hopeful: we must, to the best that we can, eradicate any meaningful difference between the two.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
90
May 9, 2024
Rohrwacher instead makes connections through something more primal than logic, a flow of images that feels surprising but always intuitive, in the way a dream does.
By Esmé Holden FULL REVIEW
90
Mar 28, 2024
Rohrwacher’s digressive storytelling can make La Chimera seem unstructured, but she’s going where she wants to go and at her own pace. She likes detours, lived-in (nonplastic) faces and the kind of revelatory details that might go unnoticed, if she didn’t direct your gaze at them.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
88
Sep 8, 2023
In this rueful film about all things unseen, the importance of time is seemingly felt by everyone.
By Jake Cole FULL REVIEW
80
May 11, 2024
Enigmatic, absorbing and so much more alive than any pottery behind glass in a museum, this is an exquisitely crafted, grown-up Indiana Jones steeped in its own distinctive magic.
By Laura Venning FULL REVIEW
58
Oct 10, 2023
The dreaminess, a clear evocation of Fellini, feels well-worn and contrived instead of exciting, coasting on aesthetics.
By Brianna Zigler FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 59 User Ratings
7.4
80% Positive
47 Ratings
10% Mixed
6 Ratings
10% Negative
6 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 59 User Ratings
7.4
80% Positive
47 Ratings
10% Mixed
6 Ratings
10% Negative
6 Ratings

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10
digitaledaniel
Apr 29, 2024
La Chimera. Now this movie does the job! Finaly one winner amongst the losers! It has story, culture, great actors, even lessons in Italian gestures included! And music, great music. And did I say culture? Not only the Italian kind, but Etruscan! It's about a gang of grave robbers, but who have the excuse of poverty. But the movie also shows the devastation that can have on relics. Go see it, now! Yesterday!
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bertobellamy
Apr 12, 2024
Alice Rohrwacher has a unique touch for mixing magical realism with neorealism. A young archaeologist's illegal activities as a way to survive become a fantastic adventure in search of a lost love. In 'La Chimera,' the Italian director allows us to accompany a man who seems misplaced in time and space. Through his hilarious and emotional adventures, we witness a meditation on purpose, the possibility of moving forward, and what constantly anchors us to the past—a beautiful portrait of the Italian idiosyncrasy full of nostalgia.
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Production Company Tempesta, Rai Cinema, Ad Vitam Production, Amka Films Productions, RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Arte France Cinéma, ARTE, Canal+, Ciné+, TRT 1 Türk Sinemasi, Office Fédéral de la Culture, CNC Aide aux cinémas du monde - Institut Français, Ministero della Cultura (MiC)
Release Date Mar 29, 2024
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://neonrated.com/films/la-chimera
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Awards

David di Donatello Awards
• 13 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Chicago International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

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