When we talk about “movie magic,” the first thing that comes to mind is often something like the bikes achieving liftoff in “E.T.” But it applies no less to Alice Rohrwacher’s wondrous “La Chimera,” a grubbily transcendent folk tale of a film that finds its enchantment buried in the ground, writes AP Film Writer Jake Coyle in his review.
This image released by Neon shows Carol Duarte, left, and Josh O’Connor in a scene from “La Chimera.” This image released by Neon shows Carol Duarte, left, and Josh O’Connor in a scene from “La Chimera.” This image released by Neon shows Carol Duarte, left, and Josh O’Connor in a scene from “La Chimera.” When we talk about “movie magic,” the first thing that comes to mind is often something like the bikes achieving liftoff in “E.T.
Rohrwacher’s great fascination is with the past. The hold it can have on the present. The vast yet minuscule distance between long-ago and today. “Happy as Lazzaro” charmingly walked a 19th century peasant into present day. At her crumbling villa, Arthur meets Italia , a singing student who, Flora says, is tone deaf. But she might be the sharpest observer in the film. Italia, alone, is horrified by the plundering of the graves. In other ways, she’s the embodiment of the time the tombs recall. It’s noted that the Etruscans elevated women in society — one of, though not the only, relic of the past that “La Chimera” brings forward to today.
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