Smile and Gaze —— Comment on the movie Happy lazaro

Smile and Gaze —— Comment on the movie Happy lazaro

Mou Wei

Happy lazaro is an Italian film of 20 18. The film continues the "slow-heating" style of Italian films, paying attention to the details of the environment and characters, but it is particularly exquisite and can be called a masterpiece.

? This film contains many religious meanings. Let's not talk about religion for the time being, and enjoy the film from the perspective of characters and plot.

(1) Introduction to the film

? The film tells the story of a boy named lazaro growing up in a remote mountainous area of Milan. Lazaro and Marquis Tancredi, two boys with different identities, accidentally became friends. They depended on each other and looked for each other. The film spans a long time, just like Brilliant Life. After reading it, I feel like a lifetime ago, sighing that time has passed. Time has changed the harsh environment and people.

(2) Background

? The opening of Happy lazaro shows the audience the extremely closed and backward manor scene. Dozens of workers harvest rice, wash clothes, make coffee, buy daily necessities from vendors (housekeeper Nicholas), get married and raise poultry and livestock by their own strength. In the lazy sunshine, people are working leisurely and relaxed.

? In the first few minutes of the film, people were immediately attracted by the simple scenes and contents. Nicholas distributed candy to the children, sang music outside the window at night, proposed marriage in a simple crowded scene, took turns drinking the same glass of red wine, closed the chicken coop, washed women's clothes and watched the night watchman. Such content is simple and true, which makes the world so small, and every little thing is very important. Man is not a grain of sand in the world. Everyone has his own position and significance. This utopian life is fascinating.

? In the second half of the film, Milan metropolis is a dilapidated city, where people live in abandoned places and struggle for survival every day. People are not pursuing noble ideals and culture, but looking forward to the lack of material sources. For a big family, a bag of potato chips is the hope of survival.

? (3) major changes

? In the film, the marquise, known as the "tobacco king", is exposed. Because of her long-term concealment of the fact that the tenant farming system has long died out, 54 workers in her manor continued to be exploited by her. After the incident, she was hit by the banking industry and her family was ruined.

? Workers, who have been blocked by information for a long time, have no idea what has changed in the world. They are content with the status quo and entertain themselves in this distant paradise. When the roar of helicopter propellers broke this sleeping land, people were told by people in police uniforms about this huge scam, telling them that the outside world has already undergone tremendous changes, and that work is free, equal and paid. This is a brand-new and beautiful capitalist society. These simple workers who dare not set foot in the river in front of the manor can hardly believe their ears.

? Through lazaro's line of sight, the film witnessed the ruined city of Milan, and the dream was shattered in front of the audience. The so-called income, freedom to choose an employer and work is actually just another way of being exploited and squeezed. Are people happy? No, curled up in an abandoned and crowded temporary shed, running for three meals a day. Through the mouth of Anto and his family, the film expresses their desire to return to Inviolata Manor.

? Marquise and her son Tancredi should be the hardest hit by this major change. They have gone from a rich boy to begging for mercy from the original factory workers for a box of cakes.

? Anto's family represents the fate of these workers. They are easily oppressed by city life, and their dreams are shattered in Milan.

? Nicholas followed the marquise before, but after the fall of the marquise, he became the right-hand man of the capitalist.

? Lazaro, who fell off the cliff, didn't understand the change and replacement of this society. After these decades, he kept his original innocence. This handsome fool with curly hair, standing on the deserted street of Milan, still fascinates the audience. He has no philistine face, no lofty goals in life, and he doesn't even worry about the imminent livelihood problem. His heart is a simple idea to find his friendship.

? (4) the development and transformation of personality

A. lazaro

? Lazaro, as the hero of this film, is a very dull, quiet and handsome boy who does any odd jobs in the marquise's manor.

? Lazaro is not good at talking, lacks a definite view, and won't resist at the same time. He is an errand boy who is called around. In the film, in the celebration scene of courtship, lazaro is suddenly arranged to drive the chicken back to the henhouse to find a job, which is incompatible with this passionate love and celebration scene. Then, he was deceived by the night watchman to become a night watchman.

? The women washing clothes coaxed lazaro into making coffee, and it was obvious that people liked to play with him.

? When harvesting rice and tobacco leaves, people use lazaro's voice one after another. Lazaro remained silent and silently accepted the handyman job arranged by people. In the words of the marquise in the film, "I exploit these people, and they exploit the weak." By weaker, I mean lazaro, who is oppressed by all these workers. Afraid that we would understand the meaning of this sentence, the director arranged Tancredi to point to lazaro downstairs and say, "Then he is the weakest."

? This honest boy, lazaro, just like Liu Feng in the movie Youth, takes it for granted that he should be bossed around at any time because of his kindness. Lazaro didn't object to all kinds of orders, he accepted everything.

? The film was named Happy lazaro, perhaps because lazaro was insensitive to feelings and emotions. After that, he received all kinds of contempt and supercilious looks in Milan, but he still smiled. He has not been obliterated by the secular vision, has not been affected by the turbulent changes in society, and has no sense of urgency for survival due to material lack. He kept his innocent and pure heart. At this point, this stupid handsome lazaro, he is lucky and happy.

B. Tancredi

? Tancredi is the son of the marquise, with a prominent position. His views are completely different from his mother's, and he uses various methods to refute and resist. After knowing lazaro, Tancredi regarded him as one of his brothers and gave a slingshot as a weapon to lazaro, a knight.

? Tancredi can't take care of herself in material life, but depends on her family and lazaro. Decades later, he became a big shot in this city. After meeting lazaro, he didn't miss his old friend. He warmly and formally invited Anto's family to dinner at home, but finally closed the door.

? Tancredi, who has a superficial scenery, has also suffered the ruthless destruction of social changes. He changed from a simple teenager with no worries about food and clothing to a down-and-out aristocrat, and even hurt the feelings of lazaro and Anto for a box of cakes.

C. Anto

? Antoine is a woman worker at Inviolata Manor. She once showed lazaro the silver tableware collected by the Marquise. She didn't look down on lazaro, on the contrary, she respected him more.

? After meeting unexpectedly in Milan, Anto took lazaro, a fool who could not integrate into the society, home despite the strong opposition of the whole family. At this time, under the pressure of survival, Anto became a thief who bites the hand that feeds him. Like her family, she lived by stealing. But after successfully stealing 30 euros, she told her family that lazaro would not participate in the next attack. This is the kindness that never goes out in her heart. She was ashamed of her theft, and she didn't want innocent lazaro to fall into such a field.

? After the whole family was teased by Tancredi, in the mood of disappointment and anger, Teresa asked them for cakes on behalf of Tancredi, and the whole family objected, but Anto agreed to send expensive cakes under the background of difficult livelihood.

D. Nicholas the housekeeper

? Nicholas is the housekeeper of the Marquise Inviolata. He acts as the Marquise. Although the scandal of the Marquise is exposed in the film, it is not difficult to see that Nicholas is a kind-hearted person with a sharp mouth and a heart.

? When Nicholas met lazaro again in the city, he didn't know lazaro who came to say hello. Nicholas is now engaged in the propaganda and recruitment of capitalists. He exploited and squeezed workers on behalf of capitalists.

? (5) Problems

? I have questions about this film. It's only a matter of time.

? How many years have passed since Lazaro fell off a cliff and walked back to Inviolata Manor? Lazaro fell off a cliff with the roar of a helicopter when he had a high fever. After the helicopter arrived, it was revealed that the villa Violata was a paradise, which led to the fall of the Marquise. When lazaro found Tancredi in the rock band, he saw Tancredi's middle-aged uncle. It should be thirty or forty years!

? Antoine was already a slim girl when she was at Inviolata Manor. When she met lazaro in Milan, she was about thirty. So, she only experienced ten or twenty years. Why did Tancredi spend thirty or forty years?

? In addition, the life span of dogs is generally from 10 to 15 years, and dogs with longer life span can reach 20 years. Tancredi's puppy was an adult dog at Inviolata Manor. When Tancredi went through many vicissitudes, the dog hardly grew old and did not die. (So lazaro recognized it when he was on the streets of Milan. )

(6) Opinions

? The film "Happy lazaro" is a simple story, which describes the urban changes from utopian manor to the rise of capitalism. People have experienced great changes in this period of history. Fortunately, lazaro remained kind and arrogant until his death. After watching the movie, you can see his smiling face when you close your eyes.

? The story of this film is relatively simple, but the description technique used is quite delicate and well expressed. The content of the film has a strong sense of reality, like a simple but delicate sword, which is undoubtedly a masterpiece.