Happy as Lazzaro
2018 · Movie · PG-13 · 128 min · ★ 7.4 · 89% critics
A kindhearted young sharecropper lives in an isolated rural community under the control of a wealthy landowner. When a friendship forms with the landowner’s restless son, a scheme and an unexpected turn of events push him into a changed world, where his goodness is tested by new forms of hardship and exploitation.
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Details
- Original title
- Lazzaro felice
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-05-31
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (771 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a gentle, strange fable about innocence and exploitation that shifts from rural hardship to a more surreal, modern mood; Not for you if you need fast pacing or clear answers, and it may appeal to fans of La Chimera.
Pros: tender fable-like story; thought-provoking social themes; haunting, beautiful atmosphere | Cons: slow first half; uneven two-part structure; ending may frustrate
Themes
- wolf
- rural area
- magic realism
- sharecropper
Awards & recognition
- European University Film Award · 2018
- David di Donatello — Best Director · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2019 · nominated
- IFFR audience award · 2019 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Film · 2018 · nominated
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- European Film Award — Best Actress · 2018 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Director · 2018 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Screenwriter · 2018 · nominated
- European University Film Award · 2018 · nominated
- Palme d'Or · 2018 · nominated
Cast & crew
Adriano Tardiolo
as Lazzaro
Agnese Graziani
as Antonia (young)
Luke Chikovani
as Tancredi (young)
Alba Rohrwacher
as Antonia
Sergi López
as Ultimo
Tommaso Ragno
as Tancredi
Natalino Balasso
as Nicola
Nicoletta Braschi
as Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna
- CM
Carlo Massimino
as Pippo
- DA
Daria Pascal Attolini
as Maria Grazia (Adult)
Directed by Alice Rohrwacher