DIRECTOR: Maura Delpero
STARRING: Tommaso Ragno, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 59 minutes
LANGUAGE: Italian
In 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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Vermiglio is the second feature film from Maura Delpero. Delpero previously distinguished herself with her debut fiction Maternal. The film made its worldwide debut at the Venice Film Festival, winning the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. The film has since screened in Toronto, São Paulo, London, Chicago and the Hamptons International Film Festivals. Sideshow and Janus Films scooped up North American rights to the film in the wake of its Venice win.
The film was selected from 19 submissions which also included Venice 2024 titles, Gianni Amelio's Battleground and Francesca Comencini’s The Time It Takes, as well as Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope, which premiered in Competition in Cannes. The selection committee consisted of Pedro Armocida, Maria Rita Barbera, Cristina Battocletti, Giorgia Farina, Francesca Manieri, Guglielmo Marchetti, Paola Mencuccini, Giacomo Scarpelli, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Alessandro Usai and Cecilia Zanuso.
The film is produced by Cinedora with Rai Cinema in co-production with France’s Charades Productions and Belgium’s Versus Production. Charades is handling international sales.
Vermiglio is a drama.
To check out all previous submissions for Italy, click HERE.
STARRING: Tommaso Ragno, Roberta Rovelli, Martina Scrinzi
RUNNING TIME: 1 hr 59 minutes
LANGUAGE: Italian
In 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.
***
Vermiglio is the second feature film from Maura Delpero. Delpero previously distinguished herself with her debut fiction Maternal. The film made its worldwide debut at the Venice Film Festival, winning the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. The film has since screened in Toronto, São Paulo, London, Chicago and the Hamptons International Film Festivals. Sideshow and Janus Films scooped up North American rights to the film in the wake of its Venice win.
The film was selected from 19 submissions which also included Venice 2024 titles, Gianni Amelio's Battleground and Francesca Comencini’s The Time It Takes, as well as Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope, which premiered in Competition in Cannes. The selection committee consisted of Pedro Armocida, Maria Rita Barbera, Cristina Battocletti, Giorgia Farina, Francesca Manieri, Guglielmo Marchetti, Paola Mencuccini, Giacomo Scarpelli, Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, Alessandro Usai and Cecilia Zanuso.
The film is produced by Cinedora with Rai Cinema in co-production with France’s Charades Productions and Belgium’s Versus Production. Charades is handling international sales.
Vermiglio is a drama.
To check out all previous submissions for Italy, click HERE.
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