Anita Crucitti

Purehearted teen Lazzaro is content living as a sharecropper in rural Italy, but an unlikely friendship with the marquise’s son will change his world.

A transfixing, rarely-seen 16mm miniature made as part of Rohrwacher's opera production of La traviata in 2016. In four minutes and with just a few delicate shots, she creates a moment of true cinema, one imbued with her distinct and elegant filmmaking voice.