Alice Rohrwacher Digs Up Buried Treasure
Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera has it all: a band of music-playing, charming grave robbers, two swooning romances, song breaks, a beat-up green car, and enough jokes and heartbreak to go around. The Italian filmmaker’s fourth narrative feature tells the story of Arthur (played with handsome ruefulness by Josh O’Connor), a somewhat magical ex-con with the ability to find Etruscan artifacts hidden in the Italian countryside. With a group of merry tombaroli, he goes digging — in search of wealth and art, sure, but also something deeper.