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The lush, breathtaking beauty of the Alps, shot with picturesque grace under natural light from frigid winter to cathartic 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
Set in the small mountain village of Vermiglio in the final days of World War II, this unique portrait of a remote family follows a series of dramatic and momentous events following the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico), who has deserted from the army and is hiding in the town
There, the soldier strikes up a romance with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi)
“Vermiglio” depicts the life of a provincial family in a remote village frozen in time by the mores of a decaying era
By evoking stories from his own family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human narrative that recalls the great neorealist movement in Italian cinema, but which from Lucia’s perspective seems distinctive and novel
