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Vermiglio

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7.0/10 • 193

2024-09-191h 59m

Drama

Set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, a series of dramatic, consequential events unfold after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier, who hides out in town after deserting the army. While there, the soldier develops a romance with a provincial family’s eldest daughter.

Directors
Maura Delpero
Writters
Maura Delpero
Editors
Gianluca Mattei

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Tommaso Ragno

    Tommaso Ragno

    Cesare

  2. Giuseppe De Domenico

    Giuseppe De Domenico

    Pietro

  3. Roberta Rovelli

    Roberta Rovelli

    Adele

  4. Martina Scrinzi

    Martina Scrinzi

    Lucia

  5. Orietta Notari

    Orietta Notari

    Zia Cesira

  6. Carlotta Gamba

    Carlotta Gamba

    Virginia

  7. Santiago Fondevila

    Santiago Fondevila

    Attilio

  8. Sara Serraiocco

    Sara Serraiocco

    Anna Pennisi

  9. Rachele Potrich

    Rachele Potrich

    Ada

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Brent Marchant

Jan 5, 2025

4/10

Just as too many cooks can ruin the stew, too many story threads can ruin a movie, and that’s very much the case with writer-director Maura Delpero’s fourth feature film. This Golden Globe nominee for Best International Film follows the lives of a family in a village in the Italian Alps in 1944. The family patriarch and town schoolteacher, Cesare (Tommaso Regno), along with his wife and army of eight children shelter a pair of Italian army deserters, hiding them from Axis Forces in search of the runaways. While in seclusion, one of the soldiers, Pietro (Giuseppe Di Domenico), falls in love with Cesare’s eldest daughter, Lucia (Martina Scrinzi), eventually marrying her and fathering a child. However, when the war ends and Pietro travels to Sicily to visit his family, all hell breaks loose, revealing a deep dark secret and creating havoc for his pregnant wife and her family. Had the film stuck to this storyline, “Vermiglio” might have been an engaging watch. But that, unfortunately, is not the case. The picture incorporates an array of other plot lines, seriously diluting the narrative and making for a very unfocused, incoherent watch (particularly in the first hour). Most of these extraneous story arcs remain largely underdeveloped, and much of what could have been done with the principal narrative thrust remains largely unexplored. To make matters worse, the picture’s glacial pacing at the outset tries viewer patience to the point where checking one’s watch becomes a regular activity. Only when the script settles on its primary tangent does the film begin to become remotely watchable, but, by that point (nearly an hour in), it’s too late to salvage the viability of the production, especially since viewer interest in any of these characters has long since evaporated. It’s a shame that the filmmakers chose to employ this approach in telling this story, because, if it had been judiciously pared down to the basics that work best, this could have been a beautiful, compelling release. Instead, we’re left with a mishmash of ideas, themes and narrative elements that leaves audiences clamoring for an end that’s far too long in coming.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
Budget
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Revenue
$2,545,001.00
Keywords
mountain village1940sromantic dramadramatic