As the war’s momentum shifts decisively toward the Allied forces, Italian soldiers are increasingly abandoning their posts, and one such soldier, Sicilian "Pietro" (Giuseppe De Domenico), arrives wounded in the village named in the title, where people already know about his actions. The community is split on how to proceed, considering many have suffered losses during the conflict or remain unaware of their sons’ fat…

The film “Vermiglio” suffers from a problem familiar to anyone who's seen a recipe gone wrong: too many ingredients can spoil the dish. Writer-director Maura Delpero’s latest work, which received a Golden Globe nomination for Best International Film, centers on an Italian family living in an Alpine village during 1944. The father and schoolteacher, Cesare (Tommaso Regno), and his wife raise eight children while secre…