Maura Delpero – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

VERMIGLIO – Review by Lynn Venhaus

December 12, 2024December 15, 2024 Lynn Venhaus Guiseppe De Domenico, italian films, Martina Scrinzi., Maura Delpero, Oscar International Film, Santiage Fondeviila Sancet, Vermiglio

A sweeping family saga that unfolds at an unhurried pace, writer-director Maura Delpero’s narrative is an intimate look at how a remote mountain village is affected by World War II. The time is 1944, and Vermiglio is nestled in the Italian Alps. Because of its location, the villagers know a war is going on, and some of the sons are in military service, but so far, what’s happening globally has not intruded on their relatively safe haven. That is, until one family’s son, Attilio , injured and shell-shocked, brings home the soldier who saved his life. Pietro is a deserter, from Sicily, and falls in love with Attilio’s sister Lucia. A series of melodramatic events will change the course of nearly everyone’s life, and the family’s struggles reverberate through this isolated territory, especially as it relates to confining traditional, provincial roles.

Interviews

Maura Delpero talks VERMIGLIO, Community, Family, and Sisterhood

December 12, 2024December 14, 2024 Nadine Whitney Anna Thaler, Carlotta Gamba, Giuseppe De Domenico, italian films, Martina Scrinzi., Maura Delpero, Rachele Potrich, Roberta Rovelli, Tommaso Ragno, Vermiglio

Maura Delpero’s Award-nominated film Vermiglio is inspired by the history of her family in a remote mountain village in Northern Italy. Yet, it has a sense of communal understanding which is reaching audiences all over the world. Set over the period of a year at the end of World War II, the film tells the story of the extended Grazaidei family and the series of events which unfold when a Sicilian army deserter, Pietro, falls in love with Lucia the eldest daughter of the local schoolteacher Cesare. Vermiglio is written and directed by Maura Delpero and stars Tommaso Ragno, Giuseppe De Domenico, Roberta Rovelli, Carlotta Gamba, Rachele Potrich, Anna Thaler, and Martina Scrinzi. Delpero recently chatted with AWFJ’s Nadine Whitney about the universal importance of family and community in the film.