Happy as Lazzaro

Happy as Lazzaro

Directed by Alice Rohrwacher

Produced by Ad Vitam Production, Tempesta

2018128 min7.4 / 10

A lyrical, magic-realist fable about innocence and class set in rural Italy, where an unlikely friendship between a pure-hearted sharecropper and a nobleman's son unfolds with dreamlike beauty and spiritual weight.

Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.

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  • Is Happy as Lazzaro easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.

  • Is Happy as Lazzaro sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does Happy as Lazzaro end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is Happy as Lazzaro violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Happy as Lazzaro scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

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82/ 100

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Love85

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