La chimera
La chimera () is a 2023 period romantic drama film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. The film stars Josh O'Connor and Isabella Rossellini. La chimera was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 26 May 2023. Premise
The story centers on a young British archaeologist who gets involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artifacts during the 1980s. Cast
 Josh O'Connor as Arthur
 Carol Duarte as Italia
 Vincenzo Nemolato as Pirro
 Alba Rohrwacher as Frida
 Isabella Rossellini as Flora
 Lou Roy-Lecollinet as Mélodie
 Gian Piero Capretto as Mario
 Ramona Fiorini as Fabriana
 Luca Gargiullo
 Giuliano Mantovani as Jerry
 Melchiorre Pala as Melchiorre
 Yile Vianello as Beniamina
 Carlo Tarmati
 Julia Pandolfo as Colombina

Production
Filming began in Tuscany in February 2022. In May 2022, it was announced that Neon acquired North American distribution rights to the film. Release
La chimera premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 26 May 2023, where it was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or and received a nine-minute standing ovation. It is set to be screen at the 61st New York Film Festival in October 2023. It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in 'Icon' section and was screened on 7 October 2023. The film will be released in the United States by Neon. It is scheduled to be released in Italy by 01 Distribution on 23 November 2023, and in France by Ad Vitam on 6 December 2023. Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, La chimera holds an approval rating of 95% based on 37 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "If La Chimera is a wild, improbable pursuit, this marvelous and magical tale by Alice Rochrwacher is the pie in the sky to behold." On Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average, the film holds a score of 88 out of 100, based on 10 reviews indicating "universal acclaim". In his review for Variety, following its premiere at Cannes, Guy Lodge called the film "marvelously supple and sinuous" and commended Rohrwacher's direction, the cinematography and the cast performances, particularly O'Connor's, of which he wrote: "Raffish and boyish at the same time—or switching between either mode as a cover for the other—O’Connor’s deft, droll performance implies such possibilities without sentimentalizing them". Awards and nominations

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Italian drama films
Swiss drama films
French drama films
Films directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Neon (company) films
Ad Vitam (company) films
Films shot in Italy