La Chimera

Set in rundown 1980s Tuscany, the film concerns a gang of tombaroli, tomb raiders who steal ancient artefacts once buried with the dead. O’Connor plays Arthur, originally an archaeologist but now a criminal newly released from prison.  A visually stunning tale of fantasy and beauty, with a neorealist view of an eccentric underworld.

94% – Rotten Tomatoes

7.3 / 10 – IMDB

“The film’s riches come from Rohrwacher’s seemingly inexhaustible wealth of ideas: the tactile, textural quality that results from dipping into different film stocks (cinematographer Hélène Louvart shoots on 35mm, Super 16mm, and 16mm”

“The dishevelled, impromptu quality of some of the music – there’s also a village band, honking out rough and ready carnival anthems on battered brass instruments – is strikingly contrasted with a fantastic tomb-plundering montage set to Kraftwerk’s electro-pop classic Spacelab. It’s an audacious mashup of the ancient, archaeological past and techno-futurism in one thrillingly unexpected extended sequence.”