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Happy as Lazzaro(2018)
Status: Released
Date: 2018-05-31
74%
725 Votes
Time: 2h 8m
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.
Languages: Italian.
Countries:
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Switzerland
ProductionCompanies: 
Pola Pandora Filmproduktions
KNM
Movie: Happy as Lazzaro
Top 10 Billed Cast
Adriano Tardiolo
Lazzaro
Agnese Graziani
Antonia (young)
Luca Chikovani
Tancredi (young)
Alba Rohrwacher
Antonia
Sergi López
Ultimo
Tommaso Ragno
Tancredi
Natalino Balasso
Nicola
Nicoletta Braschi
Marchesa Alfonsina De Luna
Video Trailer Happy as Lazzaro
Video: Official UK Trailer
Official UK Trailer
Trailer
Alice Rohrwacher on Writing 'Happy as Lazzaro' at FSLC and Returning to NYFF
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2
Excerpt 3
HAPPY AS LAZZARO Official Competition | BFI London Film Festival 2018
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Official UK Trailer - Trailer
Trailer - Trailer
Alice Rohrwacher on Writing 'Happy as Lazzaro' at FSLC and Returning to NYFF - Featurette
Excerpt 1 - Clip
Excerpt 2 - Clip
Excerpt 3 - Clip
HAPPY AS LAZZARO Official Competition | BFI London Film Festival 2018 - Featurette
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