(Flash Review)
The film's message is difficult to tease it out as the credits rolled. Upon reflection and digesting the meaty symbolism, one could presume the film's message is spreading kindness is a moral goal to strive for as there is a sever lack of it in today's world. It contrasted peasant sharecroppers in their beautiful, natural environment with the cold, dingy and cement city atmosphere. As the film opens, you wander through a group of farmhands living in terrible conditions working the land for meager scraps. A young boy, Lazzaro, is one of them who is too nice, arguably naïve, and does whatever anyone tells him to do. Then one day he has an accident and apparently when he awakens it appears to be 40 years later yet he hasn't aged. This is where Lazzaro could possibly be just a symbolic metaphor for kindness as wherever he goes, people are happier. There really isn't a defined plot, you just follow Lazzaro and the people in his circle in the past and future times. What is the meaning of this young man named Lazzaro? This film had interesting rough picture frame edges of the literal frame and used well-composed minimal shot framing of rural nature that at least pleased the eye during this slow and contemplative story. This is not for everyone.
The film's message is difficult to tease it out as the credits rolled. Upon reflection and digesting the meaty symbolism, one could presume the film's message is spreading kindness is a moral goal to strive for as there is a sever lack of it in today's world. It contrasted peasant sharecroppers in their beautiful, natural environment with the cold, dingy and cement city atmosphere. As the film opens, you wander through a group of farmhands living in terrible conditions working the land for meager scraps. A young boy, Lazzaro, is one of them who is too nice, arguably naïve, and does whatever anyone tells him to do. Then one day he has an accident and apparently when he awakens it appears to be 40 years later yet he hasn't aged. This is where Lazzaro could possibly be just a symbolic metaphor for kindness as wherever he goes, people are happier. There really isn't a defined plot, you just follow Lazzaro and the people in his circle in the past and future times. What is the meaning of this young man named Lazzaro? This film had interesting rough picture frame edges of the literal frame and used well-composed minimal shot framing of rural nature that at least pleased the eye during this slow and contemplative story. This is not for everyone.