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Narrative
1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village
The arrival of the deserter Pietro in the family of a local teacher and his love for the teacher’s eldest daughter will change the course of each of our lives. Italy’s official submission for ' 39;Best International Feature Film' category of the 97th Academy Awards in 2025. Mentioned in Close-Up: Why do we need a Venice Film Festival?
This is cinema at its best
(2024). I found "Vermiglio" a very beautiful, unusual and yet very relevant film. The acting is excellent and the narrative very well constructed, very moving and brilliantly led.
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in years
I found the language to be extremely beautiful and the photography to be simply stunning. The story of the family is very believable and the references to the social reality of Trentino during and after the Great War seem true and deserve to be seen 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» brings us back to a world that will soon disappear in Europe
As a non-Italian, I am now ready to visit the real Vermiglio and once there ponder the effects of this wonderful film. It deserves to be seen by anyone who likes real cinematography, seeks an understanding of the human condition and, above all, does not give up the aesthetic dimension of life in today’s world. The music is excellent and the sound of «Miserere», which was heard in a moment of deep sadness in the family, was deeply moving for me.