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Vermiglio
Directed by
Maura Delpero
Not Rated
2024
1h 59m
Drama
,
History
6.9
94%
94%
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1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher's eldest daughter, will change the course of everyone's life.
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Cast of Vermiglio
Tommaso Ragno
Cesare
Giuseppe De Domenico
Pietro
Roberta Rovelli
Adele
Martina Scrinzi
Lucia
Orietta Notari
Zia Cesira
Carlotta Gamba
Virginia
Santiago Fondevila
Attilio / Producer
Sara Serraiocco
Anna Pennisi
Rachele Potrich
Ada
Anna Thaler
Flavia
Patrick Gardner
Dino
Enrico Panizza
Pietrin
Luis Thaler
Tarcisio
Simone Benedetti
Giacinto
Leone Gubert
Don Giulio
Maura Delpero
Director / Writer / Producer
Francesca Andreoli
Producer
Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli
Producer
Vermiglio Ratings & Reviews
Kevin Ward
July 1, 2025
Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio wonderfully depicts a family and their village in the dying days of WWII, capturing the rhythms of daily life and the ripple effects of taking in two deserters. The village serves a as a portrait of post-war Italy at large and Mikhail Krichman’s cinematography casts it in stunning frigid beauty. The ensemble cast, especially Martina Scrinzi as the eldest daughter Lucia and Rachele Potrich as the quietly conflicted middle sister Ada, give excellent performances. Their interactions with each other, their parents, and the deserters build a compelling web of personal and collective tensions. That said, the deliberate pacing doesn’t always work in the film’s favor. While the layers of family dynamics and glimpses of wartime trauma are thoughtfully handled, the languid unfolding of events can feel more like a test of patience than a payoff. Vermiglio excels in painting a beautifully realized portrait but struggles to sustain its narrative momentum. Worth checking out if the mood strikes you, though.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
Delpero has made a wise, worldly historical film that isn't steeped in pessimism or optimism, but realism.
DallasFilmNow.com
Peter Martin
Starting with chilly scenes of winter, the film gradually warms up as spring arrives. ... As the narrative moves forward, the depth of their personalities are revealed, and the film becomes quite touching.
FlixChatter Film Blog
Ruth Maramis
This is quintessential arthouse cinema where the slow, deliberate pace might not appeal to everyone. I find the subtlety captivating, and Vermiglio is brimming with disquieting mystery.
Always Good Movies
Filipe Freitas
Her [Maura Delpero] meticulous gaze channels echoes of Anton Chekhov and Nuri Bilge Ceylan, prompting reflection on life's quiet sorrows and joys.
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
Despite its nostalgia, serene visuals, and recollected details, it's a quietly devastating experience.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Tim Cogshell
It is so quiet and simple. Almost no one talks in this movie, but the story is right there.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Manuel Betancourt
Secrets start ballooning and it really becomes something quite beautiful.
In Review Online
Robert Stinner
By drawing the viewer in by degrees, Delpero effectively immerses them in a time and place, rendered with detail and care, that would otherwise remain remote.
JMuvies
John Urbancich
All of Delpero's actors are convincing, and cinematographer Mikhail Krichman often captures the allure and stillness of a master painting in what looks, plays, and feels like a genuine arthouse film.
AWFJ.org
Lynn Venhaus
The authenticity draws one in, and while the story is more of a restrained drama than an emotional powerhouse, it feels accurate - especially in revealing generational secrets that alter individual paths.
But Why Tho? A Geek Community
Jason Flatt
[Vermiglio is] a beautiful and thoughtful movie, but also languid and sometimes dull.
City AM
Victoria Luxford
Combining effortless visual storytelling with intriguing performances, Vermiglio is a quiet but captivating meditation on what it is to live in the shadow of war.
New York Times
Ben Kenigsberg
It is a rich, enveloping film that asks viewers to approach it as if tiptoeing through the snow.
RogerEbert.com
Matt Zoller Seitz
The rare movie set in the past that seems attuned to the consciousness of the time it depicts.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Pulsates with harsh, anguished emotion, thanks in no small part to splendid visuals that make it the most beautiful film of the year.
Slant Magazine
Gregory Nussen
Vermiglio is at once delicate and forceful, though this same quality ensures its narrative gets diffuse.
RogerEbert.com
Zachary Lee
Delpero's film is quiet in depicting change but basks in the incremental disruptions that can change and disrupt the status quo of power.
The Hollywood Reporter
Leslie Felperin
The portrait of a nearly vanished rural way of life remains compelling, and the melodrama engaging enough to suggest this might have been improved by being spread thinner as a TV series.
Variety
Jessica Kiang
The remarkable, raw-boned and ravishing Vermiglio takes place in the past but operates like a future family secret playing out in the present tense, a perspective that is not quite Godlike, but comes from that which we might as well call God.
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