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La Chimera

2023 · 131 min

A dreamy, bittersweet ramble through sunlit ruins and ragged lives, mixing melancholy and mischief with a quiet sense of loss.

Directed by
Alice Rohrwacher
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring
Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher
Overview
Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. 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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Directed by
Alice Rohrwacher
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring
Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • found family
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour5
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, fantasy, comedy
Directed by
Alice Rohrwacher
Written by
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Starring
Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Alba Rohrwacher, Isabella Rossellini, Vincenzo Nemolato, Lou Roy-Lecollinet, Giuliano Mantovani, Gian Piero Capretto
Cinematography
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Runtime
131 min
Country
Italy, France, Switzerland, Turkey
Languages
English, French, Italian, Portuguese

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