Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

Original title

Lazzaro felice

Directed by

Alice Rohrwacher

Genre

drama film, fantasy film, tragicomedy

Country

Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 771 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A kind and innocent young peasant named Lazzaro lives among exploited tobacco farmers in a remote Italian village. After a friendship with a privileged local boy, Lazzaro ends up displaced in time and faces the modern world's cold indifference.

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What happens

Happy As Lazzaro (Italian: Lazzaro Felice, lit. 'Happy Lazzaro') is a 2018 Italian magical realistic drama film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Rohrwacher won the award for Best Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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