Vermiglio Shines as an Honest Portrait of Motherhood, Faith, and Tradition
It’s fitting — maybe even more than coincidence — that I stumbled upon Vermiglio, a film deeply rooted in the trials and joys of parenting, just 72 hours before my wife and I are set to welcome our daughter, Lucia, into the world. It is also the name of the film’s protagonist, a young woman in a remote Italian Alpine village whose life is upended by love, war, and duty. Though set in 1944, Vermiglio never feels like a relic. Instead, it allows us to see the past not through the condescending lens of modernity, but as the world our grandparents were born into — one of hardship, sacrifice, and resilience.