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The lush and breathtaking beauty of the Alps, captured with picturesque grace in natural light from cold winter to refreshing spring, provides the physical and emotional backdrop for Vermiglio. Maura Delpero’s visionary film won a Silver Lion in 2024. at the Venice Film Festival. This extraordinary portrait of an expanding family was shot in the small mountain village of Vermilio at the end of World War II. in the city, leaving the army. There, the soldier begins an affair with the family’s eldest daughter Lucia (Martina Skrintsi). 'Vermiglio' shows the life of a country family in a remote village, suspended in time by the customs of a fading era. Evoking stories from her family’s past, Delpero creates a deeply personal and human story reminiscent of the great neorealist movement in Italian cinema, but from the perspective of Lucia in Vermilio; it feels unique and new.