Happy as Lazzaro (2018) – Filming Locations
Drama / Fantasy · Directed by Alice Rohrwacher · Starring Adriano Tardiolo, Agnese Graziani
Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.
Where was Happy as Lazzaro filmed?
- Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy, Civita di Bagnoregio – The isolated village and surrounding eroded badlands where Lazzaro and the sharecroppers live and work. This precarious hilltop village in Lazio served as the primary setting for the film's opening act, representing the isolated world of the farming community on the verge of disappearing
- Rome, Italy, Rome – The modern urban landscape where Lazzaro encounters the changed world and searches for Antonia. Rome's contemporary cityscape contrasts sharply with the timeless village setting, representing modernity and the passage of time in Lazzaro's journey
- Tuscany, Italy, Tuscany – Rural Tuscan landscapes and agricultural settings throughout the film. The broader Tuscan region provides the pastoral backdrop for the sharecropping narrative and reinforces the film's exploration of rural tradition and economic exploitation