Happy as Lazzaro

Inviolata, a secluded country estate in the Italian nowhere. Here, the Marquesa Alfonsina de Luna rules her farm workers with a harsh hand. Lazzaro is one of them, a young man so good-natured, tolerant and innocent that he could be mistaken for simple-minded. One day Tancredi comes to Inviolata, son of the Marquesa, who suffers from his mother as much as from the country life. A strange, unequal friendship develops between Tancredi and Lazzaro, the first in Lazzaro's life. The story of Lazarro "is so soothing and optimistic in its outcome that it can no longer be adequately described in words, but must be seen." (artechock.com)

Keywords

  • Cannes: En compétition
  • David di Donatello
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Film Festival Oostende
  • Film Festival Oostende (home)
  • International Film Festival Rotterdam
  • Italian Cinema
  • Italian success
  • Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s favourite films
  • Michaël R. Roskam's favorite films
  • friendship
  • relationship
  • religion

Actors

  • Adriano Tardiolo
  • Luca Chikovani
  • Sergi López
  • Alba Rohrwacher
  • Agnese Graziani

Director

  • Alice Rohrwacher

Drama


2h 8min


-12

IT


FR

NL

Italy
2018
With quiet humor and delicate poetry, Alice Rohrwacher tells the fairy-tale story of an unusual saint in times of social upheaval.

With quiet humor and delicate poetry, Alice Rohrwacher tells the fairy-tale story of an unusual saint in times of social upheaval.


Inviolata, a secluded country estate in the Italian nowhere. Here, the Marquesa Alfonsina de Luna rules her farm workers with a harsh hand. Lazzaro is one of them, a young man so good-natured, tolerant and innocent that he could be mistaken for simple-minded.

One day Tancredi comes to Inviolata, son of the Marquesa, who suffers from his mother as much as from the country life. A strange, unequal friendship develops between Tancredi and Lazzaro, the first in Lazzaro's life.


The story of Lazarro "is so soothing and optimistic in its outcome that it can no longer be adequately described in words, but must be seen." (artechock.com)

Festivals

Cast & Crew