Happy as Lazzaro

The modern fairy tale LAZZARO FELICE is set on the border of magic and realism, in the midst of sun-drenched Italian tobacco fields. Country boy Lazzaro, born and raised in the remote village of Inviolata, is goodness itself and always there for everyone. The people around him describe him as "simple-minded" and eagerly take advantage of this. So does the spoilt young nobleman Tancredi, who persuades Lazzaro to help him fake his own kidnapping. He hopes to attract the attention of his mother, Marquise Alfonsina de Luna, better known as the Queen of Cigarettes. She dominates the lives of the villagers in Inviolata. The encounter with Tancredi shakes Lazzaro so much that a shift in time and space takes place.