The story follows the unlikely friendship between Lazzaro, a kind-hearted peasant often mistaken for simple-minded, and Tancredi, a young nobleman haunted by his imagination. In their isolated village, the cruel Marchesa Alfonsina de Luna rules with an iron fist, controlling the village's daily life.
Happy as Lazzaro
A benevolent Italian farmer and his family suffer under the ruthless manipulation of a tobacco tycoon.