Film
Happy as Lazzaro (12A)
Dir. Alice Rohrwacher, Italy, 2018, 125 mins, subtitled.
Cast. Adriano Tardiolo, Sergi Lopez, Alba Rohrwacher.
Main language: Italian
Following on the cinematic footsteps of Fellini, this is a luminous magic-realist fable which deservedly won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes 2018. Lazzaro is a beautiful peasant whose sweet nature makes people mistake him for simple-minded. He happily does the bidding of anyone in his local village, which is ruled over by the Cruella de Vil-esque Marchesa. Incorporating some truly stunning imagery, the film’s textured sepia tinge evokes both a nostalgia for rural innocence and the melancholy of urban decay.
Cast. Adriano Tardiolo, Sergi Lopez, Alba Rohrwacher.
Main language: Italian
Following on the cinematic footsteps of Fellini, this is a luminous magic-realist fable which deservedly won the Best Screenplay award at Cannes 2018. Lazzaro is a beautiful peasant whose sweet nature makes people mistake him for simple-minded. He happily does the bidding of anyone in his local village, which is ruled over by the Cruella de Vil-esque Marchesa. Incorporating some truly stunning imagery, the film’s textured sepia tinge evokes both a nostalgia for rural innocence and the melancholy of urban decay.
