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La Chimera (2023)

Film

DirectorAlice Rohrwacher

Meta takes4

Figures

Objects & symbols

The red thread motif connecting Arthur and Beniamina → Hauntology

Locations

The decaying rural landscape of Tuscia

Tropes

Arthur's descents into Etruscan tombs
The use of multiple film formats (16mm, Super 16, 35mm)
The community of the tombaroli (grave robbers)
Arthur's dowsing ability → Haptic Visuality
The juxtaposition of ancient tombs and modern pollution/waste
The sped-up, slapstick sequences of the tombaroli → The Carnivalesque
Italia and her students singing a folk lament
Arthur's obsessive search for Beniamina → The Phantom Object of Desire

Films most connected to La Chimera

The Master (2012) — via The Phantom Object of Desire, Haptic Visuality
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) — via Haptic Visuality, Hauntology
Aftersun (2022) — via Haptic Visuality, Hauntology
Biutiful (2010) — via Haptic Visuality, Hauntology
Y Tu Mamá También (2001) — via Haptic Visuality, The Carnivalesque
Three Colors: White (1994) — via The Phantom Object of Desire
Finding Nemo (2003) — via The Phantom Object of Desire
American Beauty (1999) — via The Phantom Object of Desire