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Venice Silver Lion Winner ‘Vermiglio’ Becomes Italian Box Office’s Latest Indie Darling
Maura Delpero's Venice Silver Lion winner 'Vermiglio' is playing very well in Italian cinemas and becoming the country's local indie darling.
Maura Delpero ’s “ Vermiglio,” which recently won the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion and is Italy’s international Oscars contender, is scoring stellar returns at the local box office and fast becoming the country’s indie darling. In her Variety review, critic Jessica Kiang called “Vermiglio” “quietly breathtaking,” going on to note that the film “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.” “Vermiglio,” which has been widely sold by French distributor Charades and will be playing at a slew of upcoming festivals, is produced by Guerra Seràgnoli, Francesca Andreoli, Delpero and Santiago Fondevila Sancet.
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