Heureux comme Lazzaro

16 +  16 +
Directed by
Alice Rohrwacher
Cast
Nicoletta Braschi, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López
Release date
14 November 2018
Runtime
2h08
Country
Italy
Type
Drama
Language
Italian speaking with French and English subtitles

Best Screenplay Award - Festival de Cannes 2018

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.