Sideshow and Janus Films have acquired all North American rights to Vermiglio, written, directed and produced by Maura Delpero. The drama lately had its world premiere on the Venice Film Festival the place it gained the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize. Yesterday, it screened within the Particular Shows part of the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition. Sideshow and Janus are planning a theatrical launch within the coming months.
Vermiglio is ready in 1944, within the titular high-mountain village of the Italian Alps the place conflict looms as a distant however fixed menace. The arrival of Pietro, a refugee soldier, disrupts the dynamics of the native trainer’s household, altering them perpetually. Throughout the 4 seasons marking the tip of World Conflict II, Pietro and Lucia, the eldest daughter of the trainer, are immediately drawn to one another, led to marriage and to an surprising destiny. Because the world emerges from its tragedy, the household will face its personal.
Producers are Francesca Andreoli, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, Maura Delpero and Santiago Fondevila Sancet. The Italian-language movie is a co-production between Cinedora with RAI Cinema and co-produced by Charades Manufacturing and Versus Manufacturing, with the participation of Nameless Content material.
Sideshow and Janus Movies commented, “We had been deeply moved and impressed by Vermiglio, a brand new Italian basic that’s intimate in scale however epic in scope that unfolds like a reminiscence over 4 ravishingly shot seasons in the course of the Second World Conflict. Maura Delpero has made an unforgettable portrait of a household and particularly the ladies as they navigate their manner in a world that’s about to alter perpetually. We couldn’t be extra excited to introduce this movie to American audiences in theaters.”
The deal was negotiated by Sideshow and Janus Movies with Nameless Content material’s Nick Shumaker and Charades’ Carole Baraton, on behalf of the filmmakers.
