Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

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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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Trailer Trailer Trailer Official UK Trailer Clip Excerpt 1 Clip Excerpt 2 Clip Excerpt 3 Featurette Alice Rohrwacher on Writing 'Happy as Lazzaro' at FSLC and Returning to NYFF Featurette HAPPY AS LAZZARO Official Competition | BFI London Film Festival 2018

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SWITCH. ★ 7.0/10

‘Happy as Lazzaro’ comes and goes like an airy fable but doesn’t make as much of an impact as it wants to. Through a lack of convincing and earned pivot, its first half in realism drags down the escap…6. Jun 2019

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BornKnight ★ 8.0/10

A tale (or fable?) of social commentary by directress and writer Alice Rohrwacher (that I first knew in the short "Le Pupille") in rural Italy with touches of anti capitalism and class division, where…23. Feb 2024

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Adriano Tardiolo is really good in this biblically apt story of the young “Lazzaro”. He’s a generous-spirited young man who energetically helps out in his community - one under the thumb of the uncari…4. Sep 2025

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