388 – La Chimera

This Had Oscar Buzz

Joe and Chris

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

We’re talking about one of our favorite films of the 2020’s this week with Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera. Told with magical realism and an earthy bespoke quality, the 2023 film follows Josh O’Connor as a British archaeologist in Italy who belongs to a crew of tombaroli, grave robbers who sells off their findings. With O’Connor speaking mostly in Italian, the film launched to strong reviews at Cannes but had its fate sealed when Italy chose not to select the film for International Feature.

This episode, we talk about the film’s qualifying release that left it underdiscussed in 2023 and it’s surprisingly long run at New York’s IFC Center. We also talk about Anatomy of a Fall‘s Oscar success despite not being its country’s submission either, Neon’s 2023 Cannes lineup, and O’Connor as king of the last day of Cannes.

Topics also include the linen suit in the film, Rohrwacher’s previous films, and Palme Dog.

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0:12.8	No, the right house.
0:13.6	I didn't get that.
0:14.8	We want to talk to Merlin Heck.
0:15.8	Millen Hack and Trent. I'm from Canada water.
0:31.3	Dick Pooh.
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0:44.3	Look, look, what's the only friend
0:47.3	My only friend
0:49.3	Talia, thanks, mancha
0:51.3	She wants to hear what we say
0:53.3	If you want to hear what we say If you can can't do you feel an Italian. Hello and welcome to the This Had Oscar Buzz podcast, the only podcast that's listening to Keith Caradine singing that sweet, sweet bluegrass. Every week on This Had Oscar Buzz we'll be talking about a different movie that once upon a time had Lofty Academy Award aspirations, but for some reason or another, it all went wrong. The Oscar hopes died, and we are here to perform the autopsy. I'm your host, Joe Reed. I'm here, as always, with my Barry de Truskin Treasure, Chris File. Hello, Chris. Buried Etruscan Treasure. Isn't that the name of that, like, Christopher Plummer movie that got a ARP movies for Grunup Award nomination?
1:31.2	Something about Etruscan. Is it Christopher Plummer or was it someone else? Is it? I don't know. Now I want to look this up. Yeah, no. We cannot just throw out M4 G's facts all willy-nilly and then not back it up.
1:43.8	What other show are you going to get that from, though?
1:45.8	Exactly, exactly.
1:47.7	Are you talking about The Etruscan Smile starring Brian Cox?
1:51.5	Brian Cox and The Etruscan Smile.
1:55.7	Awards tab for The Atruscan Smile.
1:57.6	Best intergenerational film, The Etruscan Smile.
2:01.7	Wow.
2:02.7	I don't remember ever even thinking about this movie.
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