Alice Rohrwacher
Alice ROHRWACHER (1982, Italy) was born in Tuscany. She studied Literature and Philosophy, specialising in scriptwriting, at the University of Turin. Her feature debut Corpo celeste (2011) was the opening film at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. In Rohrwacher’s second feature, Le meraviglie/The Wonders (2014), her sister Alba Rohrwacher plays a leading role and the film won the Grand Prix at Cannes. In 2018 Lazarro felice/Happy as Lazarro was nominated for a Golden Palm and won the Best Screenplay award, at Cannes, as well as Best Feature at film festivals in Jerusalem and Chicago. In 2019, Rohrwacher was invited to join the jury for Cannes Film Festival. La chimera (2023) had its world premiere in Cannes, was selected to compete for the Golden Palm and is part of the official IFFR 2024 selection.
Filmography
Checosamanca (2006, doc, co-dir), Corpo celeste (2011), Le meraviglie/The Wonders (2014), 9×10 novanta (segment Una canzone) (2014, doc), De Djess (2015, short), Lazzaro felice/Happy as Lazzaro (2018), Futura (2021, doc), Le Pupille (2022, short), La chimera (2023)
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Alice Rohrwacher at IFFR
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La chimera
Josh O’Connor and Isabella Rossellini shine in this intrigue of love and adventure by Alice Rohrwacher.
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Lazzaro felice
A fable of contemporary Italy in which the endless patience of the innocent Lazzaro is sorely tried.
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Le meraviglie
Dreamy second film by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher about a family of beekeepers in the remote Tuscany countryside, living by their own rules.