Italy's submission to the Best International Feature Film slot of this year's Oscars is
writer/director Maura Delpero's Vermiglio. The film is set in a remote mountain village during WWII and sees the
arrival of a deserting soldier (Giuseppe De Domenico) disrupt the lives of a teacher (Tommaso Ragno) and his family.
Martina Scrinzi, Roberta Rovelli, Carlotta Gamba, Orietta Notari
and Sara Serraiocco also star.
Vermiglio is in UK/ROI cinemas from January 17th.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
In 1944, in a mountain village high up in the Italian Alps, war looms as a distant but constant threat. Cesare Graziadei (Tommaso Ragno), the local schoolmaster and his wife Adele (Roberta Rovelli) have eight living children including Lucia (Martina Scrinzi), Ada (Rachele Potrich), and Flavia (Anna Thaler).
The arrival of Pietro (Giuseppe De Domenico), a Sicilian soldier who has deserted from his unit, disrupts the dynamics of Cesare’s family, changing them forever. During the four seasons marking the end of World War II, Pietro and Lucia, the eldest daughter, are instantly drawn to each other leading to an unexpected fate. As the world emerges from tragedy, the family will face its own.