PRESENTS
VERMIGLIO
A FILM by maura delpero
2024 Venice Film Festival
GRAND JURY PRIZE
2025 Academy Awards®
ITALIAN ENTRY
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
OPENS IN CANADA
JANUARY 3, 2025
For Immediate Release – Films We Like is thrilled to announce the Canadian release of Vermiglio by Maura Delpero, winner of this year's Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival and Italy’s entry for Best International Feature Film to the 97th Academy Awards®.
Set in 1944 in the Italian alpine village after which the film is named, it sees the arrival of a deserter soldier disrupt the life of the village teacher and his family, as the eldest daughter falls in love with him.
“A richly compassionate, emotional and detailed drama of family secrets in the wartime Italian countryside.”
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
Running time: 119 minutes
Country of origin: Italy, France, Belgium
Language: Italian
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