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Venice Prizewinner, Italy’s Oscar Entry ‘Vermiglio’ Sells to Major Territories for Charades (EXCLUSIVE)


Charades has closed international sales deals for 'Vermiglio,' Maura Delpero's Venice's prizewinning film which represents Italy in the Oscar race.

Paris-based sales company Charades has closed deals with distributors in major territories for “ Vermiglio,” Maura Delpero ‘s movie which won Venice’s Silver Lion Award and was just selected as Italy’s Oscar submission. Set at the end of World War II, the movie unfolds in a scenic Alpine village where the arrival of a soldier causes disruption in the dynamics between three sisters. The film has earned unanimous praise, with Variety describing it as “quietly breathtaking,” as it “unfolds from tiny tactile details of furnishings and fabrics and the hide of a dairy cow, into a momentous vision of everyday rural existence in the high Italian Alps.”

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