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Storyline

This is the tale of a meeting between Lazzaro, a young peasant so good that he is often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman cursed by his imagination. Life in their isolated pastoral village Inviolata is dominated by the terrible Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna, the queen of cigarettes. A loyal bond is sealed when Tancredi asks Lazzaro to help him orchestrate his own kidnapping. This strange and improbable alliance is a revelation for Lazzaro. A friendship so precious that it will travel in time and transport Lazzaro in search of Tancredi. His first time in the big city, Lazzaro is like a fragment of the past lost in the modern world.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Festival de Cannes 2018
Competition
Best Screenplay (ex-aequo)
Sitges Film Festival 2018
Méliès
Special Jury Prize
Josep Lluis Guarner Critics Award
Best Film - Young Card Jury
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2019
Limelight

Lux Film Prize of European Parliament 2018
Official Selection
European Film Awards (EFA) 2018
Feature Film Selection
European Film Nomination
European Director Nomination (Alice Rohrwacher)
European Actress Nomination (Alba Rohrwacher as Antonia old)
European Screenwriter Nomination (Alice Rohrwacher)
Sant Jordi Award 2019
Best Foreign Film
Gaudí Awards 2020
Nomination for Best European Film

Releases

Spain (9 of November 2018)