Vermiglio – Oscar® Shortlisted!

Critic’s Pick! “A rich, enveloping film that asks viewers to approach it as if tiptoeing through the snow.” – Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times

“The rare movie set in the past that seems attuned to the consciousness of the time it depicts.” – Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com

“The year’s most beautiful film…a window onto a bygone world that feels at once lost to time and intensely alive.” -Nick Schager, The Daily Beast

“A richly compassionate, emotional and detailed drama of family secrets.” – Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“One of the top 10 films of the year. Entrancing. The lonely high corners of the alps never felt so lonely, or so vital.” – Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair

The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, filmed with painterly grace under natural light from frigid winter to redemptive 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. This singular portrait of a sprawling family, set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, follows a series of dramatic, consequential events after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico), who hides out in town after deserting the army. While there, the soldier develops a romance with the family’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi). Vermiglio shows the lives of a provincial family in a remote village suspended in time by the customs of a fading era. Conjuring stories from her own family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human tale that recalls the great neorealist movement in Italian cinema, but through Lucia’s perspective Vermiglio feels distinct and novel. Italy’s Official Selection for the 2025 Academy Awards.

Shortlisted for the Academy Award for International Feature Film