: Lazzaro falls off a cliff searching for Tancredi and is left for dead.
Critics have debated whether Lazzaro is meant to be a Christ figure, a pagan spirit, or simply a young man with a cognitive difference that renders him immune to cynicism. Rohrwacher leaves this ambiguous, but Tardiolo’s performance—his chiseled, almost statue-like face and eyes that seem to look through people rather than at them—suggests a being that is not quite of this earth. happy.as.lazzaro.2018
When Lazzaro awakens, decades have passed. He has not aged a day. The feudal world of Inviolata is gone, replaced by the cold, bureaucratic outskirts of a modern Italian city. The same peasants are now elderly, living in a corrugated metal shantytown, still working menial jobs for exploitative corporations. : Lazzaro falls off a cliff searching for