Italian Journey: Sweetheart

Director: Margherita Spampinato

Cast: Aurora Quattrocchi, Marco Fiore, Camille Dugay, Martina Ziami, Clara Salvo, Renata Sajeva, Concetta Ingrassia, Giuseppina Cardella, Giuseppina Cammareri, Rosaria Oddo, Gaspare Gruppuso

In four seasons nature completes its cycle. A girl can become a woman. A belly can swell and become a creature. One can lose the path that led safely home, one can sail seas towards unknown lands.
In four seasons one can die and be reborn.
Vermiglio tells of the last year of the Second World War in a large family and how, by a paradox of fate, with the arrival of a refugee soldier it loses its peace at the very moment in which the world finds its own.

The program is supported by the National Cultural Fund of Hungary.

Awards: Locarno Film Festival 2025: Cineasti del Presente - Special Jury Prize CINÉ+
David di Donatello Awards 2026 – Best New Director (Margherita Spampinato), Best Actress (Aurora Quattrocchi)