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Happy as Lazzaro
Alice Rohrwacher
(2018)
122min
12A Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
David Parkinson
Writer/director Alice Rohrwacher has created a beguiling marvel that starts out like a bucolic fable produced by Ermanno Olmi or the Taviani brothers, before daringly morphing into a tale of urban realism that Pier Paolo Pasolini might have devised in reworking
Pinocchio
. The unwitting antihero at the centre of this transformation is Lazzaro (Adriano Tardiolo), who recalls the sort of put-upon naif played by Giulietta Masina in husband Federico Fellini's neorealist phase. Not only is Lazzaro callously exploited by his neighbours in the remote estate of Inviolata, but he's also cynically duped by the rebellious son of a tobacco-growing marchesa (Nicoletta Braschi), who has kept the villagers in unknowing servitude for years. Some may baulk at the audacious shifts in tone and place, but Rohrwacher's conviction helps to offset the seeming anachronisms that reflect with acerbic acuity on the Italian character and the nation's socio-economic travails. Rohrwacher's third feature is challenging, compelling and exceptionally played, while cinematographer Hélène Louvart's evocative use of a Super-16 format reinforces the mood of faux nostalgia.
Cast & Crew
Lazzaro
Adriano Tardiolo
Antonia
Alba Rohrwacher
Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna
Nicoletta Braschi
Ultimo
Sergi Lopez
Young Antonia
Agnese Graziani
Tancredi
Tommaso Ragno
Young Tancredi
Luca Chikovani
Nicola
Natalino Balasso
Director
Alice Rohrwacher
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Other Information
Language:
Italian +subtitles
Colour
Theatrical distributor:
Modern Films
Guidance:
Some violence and swearing
Available on:
DVD
Released on:
5 Apr 2019
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