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The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, filmed with picturesque grace in natural light from cold winter to redeeming spring, provides the physical and emotional backdrop for 'Vermiglio' Maura Delpero’s visionary film that won the Silver Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival

Set in the small mountain village of Vermiglio in the waning days of World War II, this unique portrait of a sprawling family follows a series of dramatic, consequential events following the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico) in hiding in town after deserting the army.

During his stay there, the soldier starts a romance with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi)

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'Vermiglio' depicts the life of a rural family in a remote village suspended in time by the customs of a fading era

Conjuring stories from his own family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human tale that recalls the great neorealist movement of Italian cinema, but from Lucia’s perspective, ‘Vermiglio’ seems unique and novel.