Lazzaro Felice
LAZZARO FELICE
a film by Alice Rohrwacher
Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany 2018; 125′; v.o. Italian
Festivals & Prizes
71st Festival de Cannes 2018 – Award for the best screenplay to Alice Rohrwacher (ex aequo with Jafar Panahi for “Three Faces”)
Synopsis:
The story of Lazzaro, a peasant still shy of 20 and so good he appears stupid, and Tancredi, a young man of the same age but spoilt by his own imagination, is the story of a friendship. It’s a friendship that begins genuinely amid a flurry of secret schemes and lies. Full of light and youthful enthusiasm, it’s the first friendship Lazzaro has ever had. And it subsequently survives the passing of time and the disruptive consequences of a Big Swindle to bring the one, Lazzaro, to a huge, empty city in search of the other, Tancredi.
Credits
Cast:
Adriano Tardiolo, Alba Rohrwacher, Tommaso Ragno, Nicoletta Braschi, Carlo Tarmati, Agnese Graziani, Luca Chikovani, Sergi López, Natalino Balasso, Pasqualina ScunciaDirector:
Alice RohrwacherCinematographer:
Hélène LouvartEditing:
Nelly QuettierMusic:
Piero CrucitiProduction:
Tempesta with Rai CinemaCo-Production:
Amka Films Productions (Switzerland), Ad Vitam (France), Pola Pandora Filmproduktion (Germany), RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera, Arte France Cinéma, ZDF/Arte
With the support of:
Eurimages, Federal Office for Culture (DFI), Switzerland and Medienboard Berlin BrandenburgSwiss distribution:
Filmcoopi AG, Zürichinternational sales:
The Match FactoryGallery
