La Chimera (15)

Having made its world premiere at Cannes, La Chimera stirs together history, romance and archeology – with a dash of supernatural – into a dreamy tonic made for those ready to slip into another realm.

Set in the 1980s, in the former Etruscan landscape of rural Italy, the film follows he vagabond-sype character called Arthur; an Englishman who embodies the spirit of the Romantics. As an archaeologist, he makes use of his unique skills to aid a ragtag group of tomboroli – local graverobbers – to find ancient tombs filled with artefacts to sell on the black market. To the locals these graves are sacred, believing curses follow those who enter. But Arthur, who is mourning the loss of his love Beniamina, is less concerned with the monetary value of the objects, using the digs to search for the door to the afterlife – of which myths speak – where he imagines reuniting with her.

A cloud of mystery follows him as he walks the line between the living and the dead, between reality and trickery, between the past and the present. Bringing him into the present is Italia, a single mother who befriends him and opens his eyes to the world in new ways.

Running time: 2h 11m

Bookings

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Dates

Wed 26th Jun 2024 7:30 pm

Prices

• Full price: £10^†
• Concession: £9^†
  (over 60s, under 15s, unwaged, and full-time students)
• Babylon ARTS member: £8^†
• Carer/companion of a visitor with disabilities: FREE
• Cambridgeshire Deaf Association member: £5^‡

† Ticket prices include a 90p booking fee per ticket
‡ Available at Subtitled and Descriptive Subtitled screenings