“The Chimera” from 28 March in cinema from Cinobo

Every man has his own Chimera. Alice Rorvacher creates an elementary, adventurous journey between the world of living and dead, between the nature and cement of cities, a search between ecstasy and loneliness. Starring Josh O’Connor of “The Crown”. Having just left prison, archaeologist Arthur continues to search for his lost love, Beniamina. Arthur will reconnect with the gang of tobaroli, grave robbers who together plunder Etruscan graves and gather their ancient treasures. His ability is to locate them, their ability is to plunder them. But their target is different. They want the money – Arthur wants Beniamina. Whatever she has to do to get back together with her. As stated in her note for the film by director Alice Rorvacher, “where I grew up, it was common to hear stories about secret discoveries, hidden excavations and mysterious adventures. It was enough to stay at the bar until late at night or stop at a small inn to hear about the sod that he had discovered a Vilanova grave with his tractor, or someone else who, digging near the necropolis one night, had found a gold necklace so long that it could revolve around an entire house. Or even someone else who had richd in Switzerland with the sale of an Etruscan vase he had found in his garden…. …Tales about skeletons and ghosts, escapes and darkness. Life around me consisted of various pieces: a full of light, modern, busy and a nocturnal, mysterious, secret. There were many levels and we all experienced them: enough to dig a few centimeters into the soil and the piece of an object made from the hands of another would appear among the pebbles. What time was he looking at me? It was enough to enter the barns and underground wine cellars to find out it was once something else. They may have been Etruscan graves, or shelters, or sanctuaries. The proximity between the sanctuary and the profane, death and life, which characterized the years I was growing up, fascinated me forever and helped me to have an insight into how to view things. So I finally decided to make a film that tells this multi-layered story, this relationship between two worlds, the last part of a triptych for a local area whose attention is focused on a central question: what should she do with her past? As some tobarols say, in our area are the dead who give life”, concludes Alice Rorvacher. Scenario – Directed by: Alice Rorvacher Photo : Helen Louvar Scenes : Emita Frigato Montage : Nelly Ketier Costumes : Lorentana Busemi Sound : Xavier Lavorel Production : Giorgio Gasparini Starring : Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato Duration: 130’ Country, Year of Production : Italy, France, Switzerland 2023.