“My country is living in a very surreal situation right now. There is, unfortunately, a lot of

“My country is living in a very surreal situation right now. There is, unfortunately, a lot of racism going on. I thought that maybe, if I used a fairy tale, a fairy tale that told the story of a domestic migration, then that might give people the tools to interpret the present.”

– Alice Rohrwacher

**This film had me in a trance. Can’t wait to see it again. It’s currently streaming on Netflix. 

Still from Happy as Lazzaro (2018, dir. Alice Rohrwacher)