Getting to Know Italy’s Rohrwacher Sisters and Their Road to “La Chimera”

| Fri, 03/15/2024 - 10:00

Alba Rohrwacher in La Chimera

Alba Rohrwacher (in yellow) plays Frida in La Chimera, directed by her sister Alice / Photo: 01 Distribution / Rai Cinema

The Rohrwacher sisters — director Alice and actress Alba — are already A-listers in contemporary Italian cinema, but look poised to raise their profiles across the Atlantic with the opening of Alice’s latest directorial effort La chimera, hitting United States theaters on March 29. The film, which premiered at Cannes last spring, features an ensemble cast that includes Alba alongside Josh O’Connor and Isabella Rossellini.

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