The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, captured with picturesque grace in natural light from frosty winter to redemptive spring, provides the physical and emotional backdrop for ‘Vermiglio,’ Maura Delpero’s visionary film, which won the Silver Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Set in the small mountain village of Vermiglio during the final days of World War II, this unique portrait of a large family follows a series of dramatic, consequential events following the arrival of a silent Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico) who is hiding in a town after deserting from the army
While there, the soldier develops a romance with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi)
‘Vermiglio’ shows the life of a provincial family in a remote village, frozen in time by the customs of a fading era
Evoking stories from his own family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human story that recalls the great neorealist movement in Italian cinema, but through Lucia’s perspective, ‘Vermiglio’ feels different and new
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