About this episode
The episode discusses the film 'La Chimera' and its reception at Cannes, along with related topics in the film industry.
We’re talking about one of our favorite films of the 2020’s this week with Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera. Told with magical realism and an earthy bespoke quality, the 2023 film follows Josh O’Connor as a British archaeologist in Italy who belongs to a crew of tombaroli, grave robbers who sells off their findings. With O’Connor speaking mostly in Italian, the film launched to strong reviews at Cannes but had its fate sealed when Italy chose not to select the film for International Feature. This episode, we talk about the film’s qualifying release that left it underdiscussed in 2023 and it’s surprisingly long run at New York’s IFC Center. We also talk about Anatomy of a Fall‘s Oscar success despite not being its country’s submission either, Neon’s 2023 Cannes lineup, and O’Connor as king of the last day of Cannes. Topics also include the linen suit in the film, Rohrwacher’s previous films, and Palme Dog.
People in this episode
Hosts: Joe, Chris
Topics covered
- film analysis
- Oscar buzz
- Cannes Film Festival
- magical realism
- grave robbers
- international film submissions
Keywords
- La Chimera
- Alice Rohrwacher
- Josh O’Connor
- Cannes
- Oscar
- film analysis
- grave robbers
- magical realism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Neon
Books & works: La Chimera, Anatomy of a Fall
Places: Italy, New York, IFC Center
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