Happy As Lazzaro (Lazzaro Felice)
Screenplay: Alice Rohrwacher
Cast: Nicoletta Braschi, Sergi López, Alba Rohrwacher, Natalino Balasso, Tommaso Ragno, Adriano Tardiolo, Luca Chikovani, Leonardo Nigro, Agnese Graziani, Gala Othero Winter
Cinematography: Hélène Louvart
Producers: Nina Bisgaard, Piodor Gustaffson, Petra Jönsson
Music: Piero Crucitti
Production: Tempesta, Amka Films, Ad Vitam Productions, Pola Pandora Filmproduktions, RAI Cinema, RSI - Radiotelevisione Svizzera di Lingua Italiana, ARTE France Cinéma
Sales Agent: The Match Factory
This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping. This strange and improbable alliance is a revelation for Lazzaro. A friendship so precious that it will travel in time and transport Lazzaro in search of Tancredi. His first time in the big city, Lazzaro is like a fragment of the past lost in the modern world.