Vermiglio
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Director: Maura Delpero Run Time: 119 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2024 Language: Italian
Starring: Giuseppe De Domenico, Martina Scrinzi, Orietta Notari, Roberta Rovelli, Tommaso Ragno
The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, filmed with painterly grace under natural light from frigid 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. This singular portrait of a sprawling family, set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, follows a series of dramatic, consequential events after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico), who hides out in town after deserting the army. While there, the soldier develops a romance with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi). ‘Vermiglio’ shows the lives of a provincial family in a remote village suspended in time by the customs of a fading era. Conjuring stories from her own family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human tale that recalls the great neorealist movement in Italian cinema, but through Lucia’s perspective ‘Vermiglio’ feels distinct and novel. Italy’s Official Selection for the 2025 Academy Awards.
Awards & Nominations
Winner – Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival
Winner – Best Italian Film, Venice Film Festival
Winner – Gold Hugo, Best Feature, Chicago International Film Festival
Nominee – Best International Film, Gotham Awards
Nominee – Best Film, London Film Festival
“The remarkable, raw-boned and ravishing VERMIGLIO takes place in the past but operates like a future family secret playing out in the present tense, a perspective that is not quite Godlike, but comes from that which we might as well call God.” – Jessica Kiang, Variety
“Has the texture and sweep of a novel or, even better, a memoir.” – Ankit Jhunjhunwala, The Playlist