A new World War 2 film called Vermiglio, which won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, is arriving in UK cinemas this weekend.

Not only that, but the critically acclaimed drama is Italy’s official selection for Best International Feature Film at the 2025 Oscars.

Written and directed by Maura Delpero, the film’s synopsis reads: “In 1944, in a mountain village high up in the Italian Alps, war looms as a distant but constant threat. Cesare Graziadei (Tommaso…