La Chimera Jun 2026

But when Arthur dips his toe into the underworld, or when he uses his dowsing rod to find a tomb, the frame expands to widescreen. The colors bleed. The camera seems to float. Rohrwacher uses this technical trick to suggest that the subterranean realm of the dead is actually larger and freer than the world of the living. The past is not behind us; it is directly beneath us, waiting to break through.

The literal search for hidden gold and ancient artifacts beneath the earth. La Chimera