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La Chimera
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher
Italy, France, Switzerland
2023
130 mins
Just out of jail and searching for his late beloved Beniamina, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices — a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.