You'd never expect a movie that features both social commentary and magical realism to feel this grounded and reserved and yet Rohrwacher finds a way to pull it off. Even more impressive is that the mid-point of the movie features a number of startling twists in the narrative that happen organically.

A contemporary version of Candide (or, at least, indebted to Candide, a youth's journey, an innocent/fool's journey, both wry and sweet). Beautifully filmed, well executed all around.

I really liked this film. I found Lazzaro a quite endearing figure - he's a quiet, introverted type and he has a sort of naive charm to him - he with the large (and seemingly un-blinking) eyes. I felt frustrated by those who chose to exploit him (if but only mildly) and indeed, exploitation is certainly a relevant theme in this film, as well as tolerance perhaps. I liked/respected the simplicity aspect of it. It has a positive feel about it. I thought its good as a piece of social commentary. Its quite a charming film in general, I thought and so I'd recommend it.

Happy As Lazzaro – The Smell Of A Good Man Tuscan-born writer/director Alice Rohrwacher has created an Award-winning allegorical observation on how the average person stumbles along, following the ruling classes orders of the day. Most live without stopping to analyze the derogatory impact, this almost hidden manipulation, has on our everyday understanding of the true meaning of life. Curiously, the writer based part of this strange story on a factual newspaper story! The manipulation of the poorer classes by greedy conglomerates - fleecing workers for a pittance in return for endless hard labor. How empty modern lifestyles can offer little more benefits than those of the slave workers, too often pushing the good in humanity to obscurity. It's not a film for everyone and many viewers may miss important messages within this thoughtful work – perhaps one reason could be because they blindly accept the hidden economic controls, enforced on the world's working classes. ‘Lazzaro' is both enigmatic and silently devastating to any viewer prepared to consider how the world's bankers – pervade every aspect of modern life - often reducing it to rubble for struggling nations. It's little coincidence this film comes to its haunting conclusion inside a bank! It's a longish tale (2 hrs) so needing a patient, discerning audience. It could possibly have conveyed its thoughtful message in less time but those attuned to reading between the lines of our everyday news media - will be quite willing to take the journey. Fascinatingly the filmmaker is able to convince the viewer to accept quite jarring, bizarre twists, as if we trust somehow they are taking us towards a meaningful outcome. Sought after French cinematographer Hélène Louvart provides the darkly probing visuals. There is an interesting piano soliloquy that plays out here and there but the film has no score composer. Performances are uniformly good, making this a treat for those who like to think about their entertainment – the sensitive viewer might find the final scene one not easily forgotten (aided by a Wolf and some Italian folklore)

Strange movie. Some Magical realism in the story of a naïve, humble and good human being.

Felt like a dream. Oldschool surrealism

This film shows innocence v treachery and rich v poor with an sad ending.

It is a piece of Art. Love it, and love each character especially Lazzaro

It is heartbreaking to watch a good person is constantly being exploited by everyone in the movie... The pacing of the movie is a bit too slow at the first half of the movie.

Esta obra muestra distintas naturalezas humanas, ejemplificando como a veces podemos abusar o cuidar de los seres más puros. La historia tiene increíble belleza, ternura y emoción, además te rompe el corazón el ver las dificultades que trae la inocencia.

Bastante sorprendente. Hermoso Lazzaro. :)

This movie started off with an interesting premise of a feudal serfdom in modern times where the servant befriends the son of the marquis, but ultimately failed on multiple levels. The relationship between Lazzaro and Tancredi was starting to get interesting, then the movie took several strange pointless turns in the plot which just ruined the film. The main message of this movie appeared to be that modern lifestyle and civilization is just and cruel as medieval feudalism? An absurd idea, executed in a boring fashion.

I love this film and the world(s) it takes you.

An alternative tale of modernity, morality and poverty, throw in elements of supernatural and the rustic setting gives an intriguing layers to this film.

maybe the worst movie ever made it made no sense and it was just him walking around

This is the worst movie of the year. Wtf he Passes out for years just to go to the city and get beat yo death? This was horrid a waste of two hours

Happy as Lazzaro is a 2018 Italian drama film directed by Alice Rohrwacher. The film has a slow pace and, for the first half, very little narrative structure. The big twist half way through did add some drama and mystery, but in the end it wasn’t enough.

It is a perfect tape as a criticism of social behavior and how it is With pure people and the breaking point that makes you question whether to really be good, it's really good.

This engaging, unforgettable story lies somewhere between fairy tale and dystopia, loved it so much, a must watch Picture !

Preposterous. Inconsequential. An awful waste of resources.