“Happy as Lazzaro”
Country: Italy
Co-produced with: Switzerland, France and Germany
EU Support: Eurimages
Awards and Festivals: Award for Best Screenplay – Festival de Cannes 2018
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Cast: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Chikovani, Tommaso Ragno, Sergi Lopez, Natalino Balasso, Gala Othero Winter, David Bennent, Nicoletta Braschi
Production: 2018
Running time: 125 min
Language: In Italian with Arabic and English subtitles
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.
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