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Quick Info

Rating

7.3/10

Release2023

Runtime2h 11m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$4,933,288

Production

Tempesta

RAI Cinema

Ad Vitam Production

Amka Films

ARTE France Cinéma

RSI

TRT Sinema

Movie

La Chimera

2023

2h 11m

7.3

Drama

Fantasy

Comedy

Synopsis

Just out of jail, rumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.

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