With Lazzaro felice, Alice Rohrwacher brings to Cannes an allegorical tale of magic and realism. The film was shot on a super 16 cm negative, which seemed to give the film a dark brown tint, which at first glance seemed extraordinarily nostalgic and warm, but it was actually more of a decayed color
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Modernism, folklore, and allegory, Lazzaro felice is like a crazy mix of styles and colors. The Pinocchio-like logic and narrative was puzzling at first, but became more and more fascinating as the story progressed
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The film is full of wisdom and ambition, coupled with the allegory that transcends time and space and the dialectical criticism of contemporary society, making it such a slow-moving but gradually improving work
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In this film, the director reproduces the theme of the previous work "Miracle" - the pastoral life is falling apart under the constant pressure of modernity. The allegorical shell of the film with a strong religious color seems to have taken a scripture from Pasolini. However, as a female director, Lowach's irony of society is more gentle and kind. The film does not have Pasolini's deep hatred for Italy's political and social chaos, as well as the revolutionary intention to create a new world. Instead, it is full of Italy The pity of the people at the bottom, this has become the warmest redemptive color of "Saint" Lazaro
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