The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, shot with picturesque grace in natural light from cold winter to redemptive spring, provides the physical and emotional backdrop for Vermillo, Maura Delpero’s visionary film that won the Silver Lion at the 2024 Venice Film Festival
Set in the small mountain village of Vermillo in the final days of World War II, this unique portrait of an extended family follows a series of dramatic, consequential events following the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico) who is hiding in the town after deserting the army
While there, the soldier begins an affair with the eldest daughter of the family, Lucia (Martina Skrinzi)
“Vermillo” shows the life of a provincial family in a remote village, suspended in time by the customs of a passing era
Recalling the history of his family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human story that recalls the great movement of neorealism in Italian cinema, but through the prism of Lucia, “Vermillo” seems special and new
45/40
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/ December 20, 2024