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Vermiglio, a remote mountain village
Denmark 1755, Captain Ludvig Kahlen set out to conquer a Danish moor deemed uncultivable with an impossible objective: to establish a colony in the king's name, in exchange for a royal title. A limited ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will tirelessly seek to suffocate. Kahlen's destiny is then at stake: his company will bring him wealth and honour, or will cost him his life...
The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. It was designated as the Italian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.
Director Maura Delpero
Screenwriter Maura Delpero
Photography Mikhail Krichman
Editor Luca Mattei
Production designer Pirra
Art directors Vito Giuseppe Zito, Marina Pozanco
Costume designer Andrea Cavalletto Make-up Federique Foglia Hair Tiziana Argiolas
Live sound Dana Farzanehpour Sound Editing Hervé Guyader Mix Emmanuel De Boissieu
Original and additional music Matteo Franceschini Casting Stefania Rodà, Maurilio Mangano
Acting coach Alessia Barela
Assistant director Giuseppe Tedeschi
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Maura Delpero
Maura Delpero was born in Bolzano. After studying literature in Bologna and Paris and cinema in Buenos Aires, with her first documentaries, Signori professori and Nadea e Sveta, both awarded at the Turin Film Festival, she explored the boundary between fiction and non-fiction. Her debut fiction feature film, Maternal was presented in Competition at the 72. Locarno Film Festival and earned her – among other awards – the Kering Women in Motion Young Talent Award at the 73. Cannes Film Festival. Vermiglio, her second film, will have its world premiere in Competition at the 81. Venice International Film Festival.