One of the best Italian films of the year, and beyond, is The chimera by Alice Rohrwacher. In the storm of adoration for There’s still tomorrow by Paola Cortellesi, there was also some space for the film by the director from Fiesole. Well 13 nominations for the David di Donatello 2024. Too bad none of these inspired her to go on stage to collect a statuette and give a well-deserved speech. On the other hand, she thought about it Justine Triet to pay homage to her. An intervention that would bring tears, which Rohrwacher did not hold back.
The tears of Alice Rohrwacher
On the web there is talk of “sisterhood”, of respect between women, in reference to the words of the French director Justine Triet. After her the Palme d’Or and the Oscar for her screenplay Anatomy of a fallreceived the David for best international film and no, he didn’t direct those words to Alice Rohrwacher for “sisterhood.”
Showing respect to a woman as such highlights gender and almost leaves human merits in a corner. The director, in yet another moment of personal glory in this awards season now over, has chosen to voluntarily accept a little shade to illuminate who she was considered only in the nomination phase.
Alice Rohrwacher deserves the acclaim of audiences and critics. His The chimera it deserves to be loved and well distributed and publicized. The dictates of his cinema must be known and recognisable, and instead it takes an artist who recognizes another similar artist to change an already written script.
“I want to underline that I absolutely loved Alice Rohrwacher’s film, The Chimera. It gave me so many emotions. I have a passion for her, who is a fantastic filmmaker”.
Who is Alice Rohrwacher
Born in Fiesole on 29 December 1981, Alice Rohrwacher is an enormously talented director and screenwriter. Her surname, although difficult to write, is now famous throughout Italy, also because there are two Rohrwachers active in the world of cinema. Her older sister is the actress Alba Rohrwacheras is easy to imagine.
She got her hands dirty in the world of cinema, covering various roles. She felt the urgency and so in 2005 she was co-director, editor, screenwriter and director of photography on A little show. A black and white documentary by Pierpaolo Giarolo, followed by To translateanother documentary by the same author, which saw her as editor and assistant director.
In the middle stands his debut behind the camera, with The Fiumana. A single episode of a collective documentary, What is missing. His first feature film was instead Celestial body, presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011. Result? Silver ribbon for best debut director.
The talent was immediately evident, as was the narrative urgency, which then led her to create it The wonders, won the Special Jury Grand Prix again in Cannes, in 2014. The prizes are important but what counts is his cinema. In fact, the titles help to obtain funds and better job opportunities but, what must remain, is the bewitching and heartbreaking beauty of his works. In 2018 you triumphed at Cannes for the screenplay of Happy Lazarusand then reached the Oscars with a nomination for best short film, The pupils.
He spoke about her like this Josh O’Connorprotagonist of The Chimera, who described the “circus life” he experienced with the crew and cast during the filming of the film: “Alice happens to be my favorite director and, very fortunately, she asked me to make this film. She’s like a sister now. We are a family”.
