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The ensemble of tombaroli—non-professional actors mixed with pros—provides the film's heartbeat. They sing, they dance, they steal, and they weep. They are the chorus of the Greek tragedy, reminding us that life goes on above ground even when we are obsessed with what lies below.

The film is a scathing critique of colonial archaeology. The tombaroli are poor locals who see the Etruscan treasures as their heritage. Meanwhile, the official archaeologists and smugglers send these artifacts to private villas in Northern Europe and America. La Chimera asks: Who owns history? The people who live on top of it, or the museums that display it? La Chimera Film

Everyone knows Josh O’Connor from The Crown (Prince Charles) or Challengers . But here, he is a revelation. Arthur is a scruffy, mute-like man who wears a crumpled linen suit and looks like he smells of graveyard dirt. O’Connor plays Arthur with physicality—a slouched shoulder, a vacant stare, and sudden bursts of frantic energy. The film is a scathing critique of colonial archaeology

The narrative begins with Arthur’s return to a small seaside town after a stint in prison. Gaunt and perpetually disheveled in a white linen suit, he is a man out of time. He reunites with his "tombaroli"—a ragtag band of grave robbers who rely on his dowsing rod and clairvoyant visions to unearth treasures buried for millennia. La Chimera asks: Who owns history