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Vermiglio

Vermiglio

Vermiglio

Dir. Maura Delpero
119 min

Starts Friday, February 21

Italy’s Official Selection for the 2025 Academy Awards

ABOUT THE FILM

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.

Film Details

Programs: Awards Watch, New Releases
Release Year: 2024
Runtime: 119 min
Country/Region: Italy, France, Belgium
Language: Italian
Print Source: Sideshow/Janus Films
Tags: Drama, Historical Drama, Oscar Submission, Romance, Women Directors

Cast/Crew

Director: Maura Delpero
Producer: Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Maura Delpero, Santiago Fondevila Sancet
Cinematographer: Mikhail Krichman
Screenwriter: Maura Delpero
Editor: Luca Mattei
Principal Cast: Tommaso Ragno, Giuseppe De Domenico, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi, Orietta Notari, Carlotta Gamba, Santiago Fondevila, Sara Serraiocco, Rachele Potrich, Anna Thaler

Showtimes

The Main 2

Thursday, February 20th