La Chimera

Director: Alice Rohrwacher, Cast: Josh O’Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, Cannes Film Festival 2023 Nominee, NR

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. “Mournful yet exuberant, “La Chimera” is a towering work of art presented with the unassuming invitation of a warming summer morning.” —Los Angeles Times

Feature Film screenings in the month of June are sponsored in honor of Xiaohui Li 李晓惠