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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. 39;Best International Feature Film' category of the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.. Referenced in Close-Up: Why do We Need the Venice Film Festival?
This is cinema at its best
(2024). I found "Vermiglio" a very beautiful, unusual and yet highly relevant movie. The acting is excellent and the narrative is very well constructed, highly touching and superbly conducted.
I found the language extremely beautiful and the photography just amazing
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in recent years. The story of the family is highly plausible and the references to the social reality of the Trentino during and after the Great War appear truthful and deserve to be looked at as an experiment in social analysis. The respect with which the religious dimension is treated deserves my highest praise.
In other words, besides being poetic and truly beautiful, «Vermiglio» brings us back to a world that is about to disappear in Europe
As a non-Italian, I am now ready to visit the real Vermiglio and once there reflect on the effects of this wonderful movie. It deserves to be seen by anyone who loves real cinema, who seeks for the understanding of the human condition and, most importantly, does not abdicate of the aesthetic dimension of life in today’s world. The music is excellent and the sound of the “Miserere” sounded in a moment of deep sorrow in the family was deeply touching for me.
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