La Chimera La Chimère

by Alice Rohrwacher

Italy, France, Switzerland
2023
133 min
Italian, English
Feature film
Fiction
Color

Out of competition 2023

Official synopsis

PREMIERE

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

Biography and Filmography

Alice Rohrwacher directed Le Meraviglie (The Wonders), winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Born in 1981 in Fiesole, she studied in ­Turin­and­­ Lisbon.­ She­ has ­worked ­in­ music­ and­­ documentary­ projects.­ She­ has­ also worked as an editor and composer for­ theatre.­ Her­ first­ feature­ Corpo Celeste made its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight­.

2023 : LA CHIMERA - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter
2022 : LE PUPILLE (SHORT) - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter
2021 : FUTURA - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter (co-directed with Francesco Munzi and Pietro Marcello)
2020 : QUATTRO STRADE (SHORT) - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter 
2020 : OMELIA CONTADINA (SHORT) - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter  (Co-directed with JR) 
2018 : HAPPY AS LAZZARO - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter 
2015 : DE DJESS (SHORT) - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter 
2014 : THE WONDERS - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter 
2011 : HEAVENLY BODY - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter
2006 : LA FIUMARA - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter

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Alice Rohrwacher directed Le Meraviglie (The Wonders), winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Born in 1981 in Fiesole, she studied in ­Turin­and­­ Lisbon.­ She­ has ­worked ­in­ music­ and­­ documentary­ projects.­ She­ has­ also worked as an editor and composer for­ theatre.­ Her­ first­ feature­ Corpo Celeste made its world premiere in the Directors’ Fortnight­.

2023 : LA CHIMERA - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter
2022 : LE PUPILLE (SHORT) - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter
2021 : FUTURA - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter (co-directed with Francesco Munzi and Pietro Marcello)
2020 : QUATTRO STRADE (SHORT) - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter 
2020 : OMELIA CONTADINA (SHORT) - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter  (Co-directed with JR) 
2018 : HAPPY AS LAZZARO - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter 
2015 : DE DJESS (SHORT) - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter 
2014 : THE WONDERS - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter 
2011 : HEAVENLY BODY - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter
2006 : LA FIUMARA - Alice Rohrwacher - Director and screenwriter