Two mismatched young men form a strange bond in this Cannes Palme d'Or-nominated Italian drama from previous nominee Alice Rohrwacher...
Two mismatched young men form a strange bond in this Cannes Palme d'Or-nominated Italian drama from previous nominee Alice Rohrwacher (The Wonders).
Lazzaro, a good-hearted young peasant, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination, form a life-altering bond when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping.
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91 %91 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
82 %412 reviewsAudience score rating
"A slow but bewitching burn that rewards viewers' patience with humor and uncanny grace, sealing Rohrwacher's status...as a truly distinctive European major."
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Variety
Variety"I found the film tendentious and sophomoric, and Lazzaro's Forrest Gump imitation inevitably tedious."
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The Times
The Times"Like early Pasolini, Rohrwacher's films are on the level with their subjects - there's no swank or pretension. They seem to muck in with the communities they're about."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"With Happy as Lazzaro, Rohrwacher has crafted a magic-realist fable that doubles as an origin myth for a modern Italy subsumed by corruption and decline."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Unravels with a Pinocchio-like logic that comes across as perplexing at first, then proves spellbinding."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"It feels like part two needed another couple of drafts before this was ready to go into production."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Happy As Lazzaro is s-l-o-w and its narrative twist will alienate some. But this is deliberate, singular filmmaking, at once poetic and down-to-earth, from an unsung talent."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineHappy As Lazzaro | Details
Award winner- Best Screenplay, Cannes 2018
- Runtime
- 125
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany
