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Happy As Lazzaro 

Director: Alice Rohrwacher Country: Italy
Cert: TBC Year: 2018 Length: 125 mins Language: Italian
Happy As Lazzaro

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Score: 65.2% Attendance: 86

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Synopsis

Described as a "luminous magic-realist fable" this is the story of Lazzaro, a beautiful peasant whose sweet nature makes people mistake him for simple-minded.

He is happy to help anyone in his village, which is ruled over by the evil Marchesa. Lazzaro is befriended by the Marchesa's petulant son, who convinces him to stage a dramatic incident to secure a ransom.

A myth of a modern Italy consumed by corruption and decline, Happy as Lazzaro, is a beautifully shot (on Super 16mm) film incorporating some exquisite imagery.

Winner of the Best Screenplay Award, Cannes 2018

Critics

open_quote This movie feels bracingly new and also like something that has been here forever. It has the urgency of a news bulletin and the authority of a classic close_quote New York Times


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