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A naive farmer befriends a young nobleman's heir, facing difficulties and growth together.
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Lazzaro is a naive and optimistic twenty-year-old farmer; Tancredi is instead a young man with a fervid imagination. Between the two it is born an unexpected friendship, that above all for Lazzaro turns out to be an important moment of growth. Over time, the two face many difficulties together, until Tancredi makes his tracks lose in the city, and Lazzaro sets out to search for him.
"This Italian feature was one of the standouts at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, earning the Palme d'Or for Best Screenplay for writer-director Alice Rohrwacher (who also helmed 'The Wonders'). The titular Lazzaro is a young man who lives a simple life in the countryside and is extremely naive, eventually becoming friends with a nobleman's heir. Alice's merit lies in her ability to genuinely express a social message in a simple way - making an old-fashioned work still seem so fresh and current. With a rating of 12 years old, it's also a great movie for parents to watch alongside slightly older children."