Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights to Vermiglio, written, directed and produced by Maura Delpero. The drama recently had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival where it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. Yesterday, it screened in the Special Presentations section of the Toronto International Film Festival. Sideshow and Janus are planning a theatrical release in the coming months.
Vermiglio is set in 1944, in the titular high-mountain village of the Italian Alps where war looms as a distant but constant threat. The arrival of Pietro, a refugee soldier, disrupts the dynamics of the local teacher’s family, changing them forever. During the four seasons marking the end of World War II, Pietro and Lucia, the eldest daughter of the teacher, are instantly drawn to each other, led to marriage and to an unexpected fate. As the world emerges from its tragedy, the family will face its own.
Producers are Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Maura Delpero and Santiago Fondevila Sancet. The Italian-language film is a co-production between Cinedora with RAI Cinema and co-produced by Charades Production and Versus Production, with the participation of Anonymous Content.
Sideshow and Janus Films commented, “We were deeply moved and impressed by Vermiglio, a new Italian classic that is intimate in scale but epic in scope that unfolds like a memory over four ravishingly shot seasons during the Second World War. Maura Delpero has made an unforgettable portrait of a family and especially the women as they navigate their way in a world that is about to change forever. We could not be more excited to introduce this film to American audiences in theaters.”
The deal was negotiated by Sideshow and Janus Films with Anonymous Content’s Nick Shumaker and Charades’ Carole Baraton, on behalf of the filmmakers.
