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. Inspired by filmmaker Maura Delpero’s own family history and building to a deeply moving finale, VERMIGLIO is a gorgeous examination of the quiet moments, disappointments, and everlasting bonds of family life. The film is Italy’s Official Selection for the 2025 Academy Awards, and is currently nominated for a Golden Globe (Best Non-English Language Feature).

“Wonderfully acted with unaffected naturalism… plays an extravagant, almost shameless pizzicato on the audience’s heartstrings.” (The Guardian)

“Remarkable, raw-boned and ravishing.” (Variety)

Monday, January 27
Doors 5:50 pm | Movie 6:20 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
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VERMIGLIO (Maura Delpero, 2024 / 120 mins / NR / Italian w.EST) In a remote Alpine village in the north of Italy, a schoolteacher and his wife confront teen angst, infant mortality, and WWII-era deprivation while raising their large, ever-multiplying brood of children. When a handsome AWOL soldier takes refuge in Vermiglio and captures the affections of their oldest daughter, a wartime deception threatens to tear the family apart.

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