LA CHIMERA (2023) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Alice Rohrwacher
Josh O'Connor, Carol Duarte, Isabella Rossellini,
Vincenzo Nemolato, Giuliano Mantovani,
Ramona Fiorini, Gian Piero Capretto
An archeologist just out of prison for grave robbing falls back in with the gang of thieves who set him up. With an uncanny ability to locate buried antiquities, he and his divining rod go back to work, and what he uncovers this time could either make him rich or get him killed. There's a lot of early Fellini in this, with the outlaws doubling as a ragtag group of actors, and a touch of magic realism and a dash of "The Lost King" thrown in. And there's a moral: If you want to make a killing in contraband Etruscan art, be rich. If you're not, they'll let you do the dirty work, but when it comes to the big score, and maybe staying out of jail, forget it. You're screwed.
