Alice Rohrwacher

Happy as Lazzaro

Lazzaro felice

Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy 2018
In Italian with English subtitles
125 min
Suitable for audiences aged 12 and above
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Screenplay: Alice Rohrwacher
Cast: Alba Rohrwacher, David Bennent, Sergi López
Production: Carlo Cresto-Dina / Tempesta
Print Source: Folkets Bio

This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping. This strange and improbable alliance is a revelation for Lazzaro. A friendship so precious that it will travel in time and transport Lazzaro in search of Tancredi. His first time in the big city, Lazzaro is like a fragment of the past lost in the modern world.

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