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Synopsis
1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village
The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, in the family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher’s eldest daughter will change the course of everyone’s lives.. Official Italian nomination for the “Best International Feature Film” category at the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.. Cited in Close-Up: Why do We Need the Venice Film Festival?
This is cinema at its best
(2024). I found “Vermiglio” to be a very beautiful, unusual and yet very timely film. The acting is excellent and the narrative is very well constructed, very touching and superbly conducted.
I found the language extremely beautiful and the photography simply incredible
This is one of the best films I have seen in recent years. The family story is highly plausible and the references to the social reality of Trentino during and after the Great War appear truthful and deserve to be considered as an experiment in social analysis. The respect with which the religious dimension is treated deserves my highest praise.
In other words, besides being poetic and truly beautiful, «Vermiglio» takes us back to a world that is disappearing in Europe
As a non-Italian, I am now ready to visit the real Vermiglio and once there reflect on the effects of this wonderful film. It deserves to be seen by anyone who loves real cinema, who seeks understanding of the human condition and, most importantly, does not give up the aesthetic dimension of life in today’s world. The music is excellent and the sound of the «Miserere» played in a moment of deep family grief was deeply touching for me.