Vermiglio (film)

Vermiglio
Directed byMaura Delpero
Written byMaura Delpero
Produced byFrancesca Andreoli
Maura Delpero
Santiago Fondevila
Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli
StarringGiuseppe De Domenico
Tommaso Ragno
CinematographyMikhail Krichman[1]
Edited byGian Luca Mattei[1]
Production
companies
Cinedora
Charades
Versus Production
Rai Cinema
Distributed by
  • Lucky Red (Italy)
Release date
  • September 2, 2024 (2024-09-02) (Venice)
Running time
119 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
Belgium
LanguageItalian

Vermiglio is a 2024 Italian drama film written and directed by Maura Delpero.

The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize.[2] It was designated as the Italian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.[3]

Plot

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Cast

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Production

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Principal photography started on 28 August 2023,[1] and shootings wrapped in December.[4] The film was shot between the Vermiglio, Carciato and Comasine towns in the Trentino-Alto Adige region.[5] It is produced by Cinedora (Italy), Charades (France), and Versus (Belgium).[6] Delpero decided to make the film after her father's death as a way to help ensure that the traditions in which he had grown up were not lost, including conducting many interviews with local people during pre-production.[7][8]

Release

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The film world-premiered in competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[9][10] It made its North American premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival.[11]

Reception

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Critical response

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The film received general positive reviews by critics.[12][13] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7/10.[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[15]

Jessica Kiang of Variety affirmed that "economy" is the watchword of "deceptively formalist" film, that results “deceptively formalist” from direction, editing, musical compositions to costumes, contributing "to a fascinating narrative remove, which is belied by the close-up clarity of the imagery". Kiang wrote that although the plot is set in the past, it "operates like a future family secret playing out in the present tense" through " the spirit of the mothers and the sisters and the daughters who came before and after, and who trusted the imperious mountains to keep their secrets".[16]

Italian critics

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The film received favorable reviews from Italian film critics.[17][18] Mattia Pasquini of Ciak wrote that like the previous film Maternal the screenplay is about the mother-child relationship set on an "extremely refined framework, both linguistically, stylistically and narratively coherent and homogeneous".[19] Federico Pontiggia of Cinematografo stated that the film synthesizes "the previous documentary experience, with greater ambition, free will and calmness", deeming "the direction of actors excellent, the anti-spectacular hold valuable, the poetry of war and peace admirable, we have a lady author: Maura Delpero".[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Balaga, Marta (1 September 2023). "'Zero Zero Zero' Star Giuseppe De Domenico Joins 'Vermiglio, the Mountain Bride,' First Images Debut". Variety. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. ^ Wiseman, Andreas; Tartaglione, Nancy (2024-09-07). "Venice Winners: Pedro Almodóvar's 'The Room Next Door' Wins The Golden Lion; Also Wins For Nicole Kidman, Brady Corbet, 'I'm Still Here' & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  3. ^ "Il film italiano agli Oscar è 'Vermiglio', Leone d'argento a Venezia". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  4. ^ Redazione (18 December 2023). "Fine riprese per Vermiglio, la sposa di montagna". ANSA. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ Scarpa, Vittorio (19 December 2023). "Ultimo ciak per Vermiglio, la sposa di montagna di Maura Delpero". Cineuropa (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  6. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (30 August 2024). "'Vermiglio' Teaser: Maura Delpero's Charades-Sold Drama Capturing Past Lives In An Italian Mountain Village Is A Venice Golden Lion Contender". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  7. ^ Finos, Arianna (2 September 2024). ""Vermiglio", la regista Maura Delpero: "Partita dal nulla sono arrivata a Venezia e ne sono felice". Tommaso Ragno: "Il lusso del film è prendersi del tempo"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  8. ^ Barone, Martina (2 September 2024). "Vermiglio, nella grandezza del suo paesaggio, racconta le piccole tradizioni del passato". GQ Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  9. ^ Rosser, Michael; Parfitt, Orlando (23 July 2024). "Venice Film Festival reveals 2024 line-up". Screen International. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  10. ^ L.S. (23 July 2024). "Vermiglio al Festival del cinema di Venezia". NOS Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  11. ^ "The TIFF '24 schedule is now live on tiff.net and includes 20 new additions to the slate". TIFF. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
  12. ^ Wise, Damon (3 September 2024). "'Vermiglio' Review: Maura Delpero's Personal Tale Of Wartime Infidelity In The Italian Alps – Venice Film Festival". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  13. ^ Felperin, Leslie (2 September 2024). "'Vermiglio' Review: Sprawling Italian World War II Drama Engages and Impresses, but Never Rivets". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Vermiglio". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Vermiglio". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  16. ^ Kiang, Jessica (2 September 2024). "'Vermiglio' Review: A Grave and Gorgeous Hymn to Life and Death in a Midcentury Italian Alpine Village". Variety. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  17. ^ Donzelli, Mauro (2 September 2024). "Vermiglio: la recensione del film di Maura Delpero in concorso al Festival di Venezia". Comingsoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  18. ^ Nizza, Paolo (3 September 2024). "Vermiglio, la recensione del film in concorso a Venezia 2024". Sky TG24 (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  19. ^ Pasquini, Mattia (3 September 2024). "Vermiglio, la recensione del film che ha conquistato Venezia". Ciak (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  20. ^ Pontiggia, Federico (2 September 2024). "Maura Delpero trova guerra e pace in formato famiglia: brava, bravissima, tra Olmi e Philibert in Concorso". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2024.
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