Review: Alice Rohrwacher's "La Chimera" Blends Whimsy and Magic Realism in a Tale of Loss and Grave Robbing in 1980s Tuscany
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Michelle Orange
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A review of Alice Rohrwacher's film "La Chimera," set in 1980s Tuscany, which follows an archaeologist turned grave robber (played by Josh O'Connor) navigating themes of loss, extraction, and magical realism. The review explores how the film blends whimsy with earthy Italian magic realism in a story about a man who finds that some losses are buried too deeply to be excavated.
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La Chimera, the fourth feature film from director Alice Rohrwacher, enfolds whimsy and earthy doses of Italo–magic realism into a story of ruin and extraction as restless and loosely bound as the a
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