Happy as Lazzaro

Name: Happy as Lazzaro
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2018-05-31
Duration: 2 h 8 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López

Lazzaro felice (2018)

Timing: 2:8 (128 min)

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Video for the film Happy as Lazzaro — Official UK Trailer

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Release date

2018-05-31

Country

France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany

Production

ARTE France Cinéma, RAI Cinema, ZDF/Arte, ARTE, KNM, Ad Vitam Production, RSI, Tempesta, Amka Films, RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Pola Pandora Filmproduktions

Genre

Drama, Fantasy

Budget

Box office

Website

http://www.tempestafilm.it/portfolio/cinema/lazzaro-felice/

Director

Alice Rohrwacher

Actors

Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher, Sergi López, Tommaso Ragno, Natalino Balasso, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Massimino, Daria Pascal Attolini
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Scenario

Alice Rohrwacher

Producer

Michael Weber, Tiziana Soudani, Carlo Cresto-Dina, Gregory Gajos, Pierre-François Piet, Cécile Tollu-Polonowski, Martin Scorsese

Camera operator

Hélène Louvart

Composer

Artist

Emita Frigato

Audition

Ulrike Müller, Chiara Polizzi

Editing

Nelly Quettier
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

Adriano Tardiolo, who played Lazarus, was accidentally discovered in the upper grades of a school in the city of Orvieto. This happened after over a thousand young men of his age had auditioned. Adriano had never acted in films before. He was convinced to take the role by the director Alice Rohrwacher herself.
The film is based on a real story that caused a scandal in modern Italy. The owner of significant land holdings in a remote area kept her peasants unaware that the sharecropping system had long been abolished in the country (sharecropping is a form of land rental where the rent is paid to the landowner as a share of the harvested crop).
Adriano Tardiolo, who played the main role, was accidentally discovered in the upper grades of a school in the city of Orvieto. This happened after over a thousand candidates had auditioned. He was persuaded to act in the film by the director, Alice Rohrwacher, herself.
The script was inspired by a true story that took place in Italy. The owner of remote land holdings kept the peasants unaware that the sharecropping system had long been abolished in the country.