Movie

Happy as Lazzaro

2018 · 128 min

A quiet, haunting fable that drifts between eras, blending tender innocence with a slow-building sense of loss and injustice.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, bleak and whimsical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Class, isolation, exploration, justice
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
isolation
exploration
justice
death
Places: countryside
big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none