A CHIARA
Winner of the Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, filmmaker Jonas Carpignano continues his exploration of the intricacies of life in contemporary Calabria with this compelling character study of a teenager, Chiara, who gradually comes to discover that her close-knit family is not all that it seems.
SYNOPSIS
Winner of the Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Award and a rising voice of Italian cinema, filmmaker Jonas Carpignano continues his exploration of the intricacies of life in contemporary Calabria with this compelling character study of a teenager, Chiara, who gradually comes to discover that her close-knit family is not all that it seems. In this furiously paced drama, Chiara investigates her father’s disappearance just one day after her oldest sister’s birthday. As she gets closer to the difficult truth about her mysteriously missing father—and the crime syndicates that control her region— Chiara is forced to decide what kind of future she wants for herself. A coming-of-age chronicle like no other, A CHIARA is both an intimate and universal family story.
Director
Jonas Carpignano
WITH
Swamy Rotolo, Claudio Rotolo, Grecia Rotolo, Carmela Fumo, Silvana Palumbo, Rosa Caccomo
Run Time
2 hours, 1 minute
Released
May 27, 2022
Distributed by
Neon
HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE
Assisted Listening
Subtitled/Open Captions
Country
Italy, France
SUBTITLES
Italian with English Subtitles
RATED R
Some Language and Drug Content
SHOWINGS
JUL 29 | FRI
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
JUL 30 | SAT
11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
JUL 31 | SUN
11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 1 | MON
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 2 | TUE
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 3 | WED
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 4 | THU
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 5 | FRI
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 6 | SAT
11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 7 | SUN
11:45 a.m., 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 8 | MON
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 9 | TUE
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 10 | WED
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
AUG 11 | THU
4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m.
Reviews
“What’s best about A Chiara is its totality of naturalism and subjectivity — how it humanely complicates a teenager’s newfound self-possession…”
“The essence of the film is Chiara watching and learning, and watching Swamy Rotolo observe is simply a marvel. With her dark eyes and eyebrows, she delivers truly fierce face, like all the great Italian actresses that came before her.”
“In the neorealist tradition, A Chiara is a slice-of-life drama built around an idea and animated by a profound moral quandary.”