The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, captured with picturesque grace in natural light from icy winter to redemptive spring, provides the physical and emotional backdrop for “Vermiglio”; Maury Delpero’s visionary film, which won the Silver Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Set in the small mountain village of Vermilio during the final days of World War II, this unique portrait of an extended family follows a series of dramatic events following the arrival of a silent Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe de Domenico), who has gone into hiding in the town after deserting the army
There, the soldier begins a romance with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Skrinzi)
“Vermiglio” depicts the life of a rural family in a remote village, suspended in time by the customs of a passing era
Recalling stories from her own family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human story that recalls the great neorealist movement in Italian cinema, but from Lucia’s perspective, “Vermiglio” seems different and new
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