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I found "Vermiglio" a very beautiful, unusual and yet highly relevant movie. This is cinema at its best. The acting is excellent and the narrative is very well constructed, highly touching and superbly conducted. This is one of the best movies I saw in recent years. I found the language extremely beautiful and the photography just amazing. The story of the family is highly plausible and the references to the social reality of the Trentino during and after the Great War appear truthful and deserves to be looked at as an experiment in social analysis. The respect with which the religious dimension is treated deserves my highest praise. In other words, besides being poetic and truly beautiful, «Vermiglio» brings us back to a world that is about to disappear in Europe. As non-Italian, I am now ready to visit the real Vermiglio and once being there reflect on the effects of this wonderful movie. It deserves to be seen by anyone that loves real cinema, that searches for the understanding of the human condition and, most importantly, does not abdicate of the aesthetic dimension of life in the world of today. The music is excellent and the sound of the «Miserere» sounded in a moment of deep sorrow in the family was deeply touching for me. I congratulate all those who participated and contributed to this beautiful work of art.

Beautifully photographed and well acted, but in 2hrs nothing interesting happens. Too many story lines are started but never concluded; there are too many characters to allow any depth of characterization or for the audience to identify with any of them. There is no discernible message or revelation. The film is evidently made to please the snobs of the art world, who provide the subsidies which enable such sod-the-audience films to exist. To this end, the director is so desperate to considered "serious" that no trace of humour is allowed: everyone behaves with what the Germans call animal-seriousness.