Unearthing Enchantment: 'La Chimera' Review

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Unearthing Enchantment: 'La Chimera' Review
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"La Chimera" is the latest dreamy and magical film from Italian director Alice Rohrwacher, featuring Josh O'Connor as a dejected British tomb raider pining for a lost love in rural Italy. The movie playfully meanders through history, mythology, and cultural patrimony while loosely recasting the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Rohrwacher's storytelling resists easy categorization, creating an engaging and approachable cinematic experience that has quickly established her as a must-see filmmaker on the international circuit.

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