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Dir: Alice Rohrwacher | Italy, France, Switzerland | 2023 | 133 mins | Subtitled Cast | Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher Josh O’Connor (Netflix’s The Crown, God’s Own Country, Challengers) plays a melancholy tomb-robber in Alice Rohrwacher’s (The Wonders, Happy as Lazzaro) captivating fable of love and treasure. Tuscany, 1980s: An Englishman in a grimy linen suit, Arthur (O’Connor) is fresh out of prison. Yearning for his former lover, the daughter of a local aristocrat (Isabella Rossellini), he falls in with the tombaroli, a rowdy crew who loot the area’s ancient burial sites for artefacts to sell on the black market. Located halfway between the dead and the living, with a wonderful performance from O’Connor and beautifully shot by Hélène Louvart, La Chimera is a wild, sweet ode to the power and fragility of lovely things, and a cautionary tale about how easily they may be lost. “A joyous, masterful work of folk magic” Sight & Sound Cinema Speak - Thursday 4th July at 8pm Join Ben Reynolds for a post screening discussion after the film. This is a chance for audiences to have an informal chat about their reactions to the film over a […]