Happy as Lazzaro

Lazzaro felice

MS12

Genre

Drama, Fairytale

Director

Alice Rohrwacher

Run time

2h 5min

Cast

Adriano Tardiolo, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López

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.

Winner of the Best Screenplay Award in Cannes FF 2018. Nominated for European Film Awards in the categories of the European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter and European Actress.

Genre

Drama, Fairytale

Director

Alice Rohrwacher

Run time

2h 5min

Cast

Adriano Tardiolo, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López

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.

Winner of the Best Screenplay Award in Cannes FF 2018. Nominated for European Film Awards in the categories of the European Film, European Director, European Screenwriter and European Actress.

Info

Rating

Under 12 Not Recommended

Production year

2018

Global distributor

The Match Factory

Local distributor

A-One Films

In cinema

12/21/2018