HAPPY AS LAZZARO
DRAMA | ITALIAN | 130 MIN
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.
DIRECTOR Alice Rohrwacher
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Martin Scorcese
CAST Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Alba Rohrwacher
UK release supported by the Creative Europe: MEDIA programme
“It's the best film of the week and probably the year too -
Alice Rohrwacher is a modern master.”
★★★★★
— THE GUARDIAN
“a startling, touching tale of Italy's past and present”
★★★★★
— THE TELEGRAPH
“for a movie that mines its most startling jolt out of the concept of time, there is a knowing and ironic sense of timelessness to [this] exquisite pastoral fable”
— ROGEREBERT.COM
“a quietly beautiful film, as modest as it is ambitious”
★★★★★
— THE INDEPENDENT
“as exhilarating as it is beautiful”
★★★★★
— TIME OUT
“heady mix of time-bending fabulism with contemporary social critique to gradually exhilarating effect”
— VARIETY
FESTIVALS + AWARDS
Cannes Film Festival
Official Competition
Cannes Film Festival
Nominee: Palme D’Or
Cannes Film Festival
Winner: Best Screenplay
BFI London Film Festival
Official Competition
European Film Awards
Nominee: Best Film
European Film Awards
Nominee: Best Director
European Film Awards
Nominee: Best Actress
European Film Awards
Nominee: Best Screenwriter
European University Film Awards
Winner: Best Film
Independent Spirit Awards
Nominee: Best International Film
National Board Of Review (USA)
Winner: Top Foreign Film