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Alice Rochrwacher's "La Chimera" is nothing short of magic. It moves like a comedy, cries like a tragedy, and vanishes like ghosts trying to show you the way. It whispers about the past, sometimes lives there, and often just resents what the present is leading towards.
In some ways, the film is sheer poetry. Every frame, every character, and every choice of how a sequence will pan out feels like a deliberate move to match the rhythm of what had been set before it.
But like great poetry, it often rebels against its own set of restrictions. What makes it a great film is how well it knows the existential angst that its lead suffers from, yet it allows him to experience curiosity, discovery, and love. For me, that is what cinema is capable of, and Rochrwacher has achieved it with great finesse in this masterpiece.
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