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Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro), one of the most important contemporary independent filmmakers, conjures a magical, hilarious, romantic adventure set in a rural Italy eternally caught between the ancient and the modern. Josh O’Connor (The Crown) stars as Arthur, a ne’er-do well Englishman, handsomely rumpled and recently out of prison, who returns to a rural town in central Italy where he hesitantly reconnects with a ragtag group of tombaroli (tomb raiders), for whom he uses his uncanny powers of divination to locate graves that date back to the Etruscan period and teem with antiquities of immense value to collectors and museums. With fantastic choreography, cinematography, sound design, music and performances, Rohrwacher works as a magician who also has no fear of occasionally breaking the fourth wall. ~OY
*** Preceded by 6pm reception sponsored by VICA ***