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Happy as Lazzaro (2018) | Ranked Top 18% · CriticCrunch

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Happy as Lazzaro

Movie2018·128 min

Happy as Lazzaro

Directed by Alice Rohrwacher

A drama fantasy film directed by Alice Rohrwacher.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 18%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.4/10

795 ratings

About Happy as Lazzaro

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.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Bittersweet (4 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Layered (6 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Contemplative, Whimsical
Story Tags: social injustice, identity self discovery, fate destiny, late 20th century, fantasy mythology, small town, close friendship, outsider misfit, underdog, fish out of water, slow burn reveal

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Details

Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Language: Italian

Cast

Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luke Chikovani

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How Happy as Lazzaro Ranks

All movies

Top 18%

2010s movies

Top 15%

Drama movies

Top 17%

2010s Drama movies

Top 13%

★Alice Rohrwacher films#1 of 5

Alice Rohrwacher's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Happy as Lazzaro Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burnbittersweetmoderatelayeredlight-touchpersonalheartfelt

contemplative

whimsical

What it's about

fish out of waterslow-burn revealsocial injusticeidentity self discoveryfate destinyoutsider misfitunderdogclose friendshipfantasy mythologysmall townlate 20th century

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

bittersweet 4/9wistful 4/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

layered 6/9layered 6/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

contemplativequiet