The title and introduction of this film are too misleading. I thought it was a fantasy story describing the friendship between a simple country boy and a decadent and rebellious nobleman and his resistance to the oppression of the adult world. sad story. Under the 16mm film lens, the opening is a mirror image of an old farming village, with dusty fields and rough and simple houses. The story is officially substituted with the marriage proposal ceremony of the national bagpipes, and then introduces Lazzaro, a simple young man who has been called to and fro. At first, it will feel that this is a story from a long time ago, or an extremely backward and poor area, because the scene displayed is quite primitive and backward. But with the arrival of the peasants' masters, the countess' family, the deception is gradually revealed. The first is the cell phone and Walkman of the countess' son Tancredi, and the stark contrast of the times marked by the modern and fashionable dress, and then the dialogue between mother and son uncovers the countess's deception: the countess tells that these peasants are imprisoned in the village. , block the news that the tenant system has died out, and use the debt relationship to make farmers work for free. The simple Lazzaro and Tancredi became friends at the same age, and Tancredi fantasized that he was a hero and wanted to take Lazzaro to overthrow the hypocritical and cruel rule of his mother. With Lazzaro's help, Tancredi faked his kidnapping, which led to the gendarmerie, while Lazzaro, who had a fever and was looking for Tancredi, fell off a cliff. The foreign gendarmerie unravels a hoax that the countess has been concocting for years, bringing the peasants to the city. At this point, the story may feel that what awaits the farmers is a beautiful new life, and Lazzaro's is a tragic forgotten ending. On the car into town, a story about a wolf is told by Antonia's mouth. "An old wolf was driven out of the wolf pack because of his old age. He was very hungry, so he ran to the house of humans and ate those chickens and ducks. Humans tried to kill him, but he didn't have the courage, so he was on duty day and night and set up a Many traps, humans hate this wolf and think he is fierce and strong, but what they don't know is that this is just an old and weak wolf." It seems that the old wolf described here is a metaphor for lingering and oppressing farmers with lies. Countess. In the second half of the story, the sage was asked by others to negotiate with the wolf. The sage was in a coma in the field, but the wolf was eventually influenced and did not eat him. The wolf slowly approached him while grinning. Just as the wolf was about to eat him, the wolf suddenly smelled an odor. A smell he had never smelled stopped him, he sniffed again, what was it? The smell of a good man. "But combined with the image of the wolf in the next few times, it seems to be the incarnation of the Holy Spirit. The next time and space transition is very natural, and it is not sloppy or can be done, and the magical plot scene is completed in an understatement. The wolf sniffed and lay on the ground. The Lazzaro he woke up. Returning to the village from the wilderness, the traces of the vicissitudes of the years were bleak, the windows tangled with vines, the bed covered with dust. He walked all the way to the city and saw that after the removal of farming, the peasants suffered new Exploitation - a vision of capitalist oppression, hordes of dull-eyed and dejected people standing in front of recruiters, competing for low-paying jobs. Lazzaro meets Antonia, who has converted to see young Lazzaro feeling The arrival of a miracle brought him home. The peasants who had been exploited by the countess still could not escape their poverty. The whole family slept in an iron jar and lived by stealing, robbery, and cheating. Lazzaro met an old man. Tancredi, the latter followed back to Antonia's house and invited everyone to be a guest at his house. The next day when everyone arrived at Tancredi's house, they realized that the former descendant of the earl was only poor on the surface, and the money was taken by the bank. The truck broke down on the road, and Lazzaro led the crowd into the church to listen to the chants, but was kicked out. The whole family had to push the car forward. But the music followed Lazzaro along the way. In the sound of the music, the Antonia family discussed returning to the past. The village began a farming life without oppression. After the most tender scene in the film, the cruel side was torn apart immediately. The pure Lazzaro ran to the bank alone and asked the bank to return the money to the Tancredi family, but was beaten by everyone as a robber. The last scene is very lonely and heavy. Lazzaro falls in a pool of blood and his life is uncertain. The wolf who followed him came and drove him away. He was driven by the traffic horns on the street and stumbled to the opposite direction of the city alone. The music of the organ is always continuous throughout the clip , and finally stopped abruptly with the scene of the wolf running over. Some people analyze that Lazzaro is the incarnation of Jesus in the film, because of his redemptive behavior and pursuit of perfection, because of his rebirth from death. The actor who plays Lazzaro is commendable and has particularly clean eyes. Pure, with a classic face. In the film, Lazzaro has been bullied and ostracized, shouted and drunk, but he is always happy. It reminds us of Wilde's fairy tale "The Happy Prince" and the kind Hans in "The Faithful Friend" Although the title of the film is called "Happy" Lazzaro, but never felt that Lazzaro was happy or happy. And I still don't know whether I should agree with the so-called individual subjective happiness and happiness. In fairy tales, there is a comedy about what you get for nothing, and a story about giving everything without expecting anything in return is full of sadness. The images of other characters tend to be symbolic and functional. The two main characters are Tancredi, a violent and absurd aristocratic son of Don Quixote, and Antonia, a kind and tough friend and believer. In addition to religious metaphors, this film mainly shows the changes in people's lives under the transition from the feudal system to the modern capitalist system. The pristine farming scenes and the desolate urban industrial scenes are rough and hazy under the film lens, and the only bright color is probably the green tobacco fields.
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