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Happy as Lazzaro (2018)

Film
DirectorAlice Rohrwacher
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Figures

Characters
  • The character of Lazzaro
Objects & symbols
  • The recurring wolf motif
Locations
  • The contrasting landscapes of Inviolata and the peri-urban city
Form & technique
  • The organ music in the final bank scene
Tropes
  • The mid-film temporal leap
  • The Inviolata community under the Marchesa
  • Lazzaro's Christ-like parallels (resurrection, miracles, persecution)
  • The persistence of the past in the present
  • The use of Super 16mm film stock → Haptic Visuality
  • Lazzaro's passive goodness and inability to say no
  • Lazzaro's connection to nature and animals

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