The lush, breathtaking beauty of the Alps, shot with painterly grace in natural light from the cold winter to the 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 large family, set in the small mountain town of Vermiglio during the final days of World War II, follows a series of dramatic and momentous events following the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico), who hides out in the town after deserting from the army
While there, the soldier develops an affair with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi)
‘Vermiglio’ depicts the life of a provincial family in a remote village suspended in time by the mores of a decadent age
Evoking 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” feels distinct and new
