May 01, 2015 a combination of an old mans struggle to continue his goat herding life. The ailing shepherd uses the floor sweepings from a nearby church as a medicine. Le quattro volte, an idiosyncratic and amazing new film by michelangelo frammartino, is so full of surprises nearly every shot contains a revelation, sneaky or overt, cosmic or mundane. Jan 09, 20 the fate of a kid from le quattro volte michelangelo frammartino, 2010 duration. Le quattro stagioni filarmonica della scala diretta da riccardo muti. It depicts the concept of metempsychosis taking place in the remote mountain town of caulonia, in southern italy. With giuseppe fuda, bruno timpano, nazareno timpano, artemio vallone. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the. Le quattro volte british board of film classification.
Le quattro volte is a drama about the natural cycle of life and death amidst the changing seasons in a small italian village. Le quattro volte is a poetic vision of the revolving cycles of life and nature and the unbroken traditions of a timeless place. The baby kid is shown dropping from its mother vagina and onto the ground where she gently licks it clean. An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of calabria, at the southernmost tip of italy. May 16, 2010 le quattro volte a philosophicallyminded ode to the belief that animal, vegetable and mineral are ultimately one. A story of anarchic goats, lively spiritual celebrations and reincarnation, michaelangelo frammartinos le quattro volte which won the europa cinemas label in canness directors. M ichelangelo frammartino is a 42yearold milanese artist, originally trained as an architect, who has. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the le quattro volte article.
To every thing there is a season in michelangelo frammartinos surprisingly humorous and moving meditation on the revolving cycles of life in a quiet medieval hilltop hamlet in calabria, italy. Its not necessary to know that or anything else to watch le quattro volte, which doesnt require active interpretation. May 06, 2011 le quattro volte will mess with your perceptions. Watch the video for le quattro volte from brunori sass il cammino di santiago in taxi, vol.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. Le quattro volte the four times is an ineffably beautiful meditation on the mysterious cycles of life. Michelangelo frammartinos film sounds very like an arthouse parody a meditation on the life of a calabrian goatherd based on the pythagorean doctrine of the souls migration. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. The constant interaction between humans, animals, plants, and the earth is pondered as a physical process as well as a philosophical allegory in this drama from italian filmmaker michelangelo frammartino. Rent le quattro volte 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Birth, death, and transformation are examined in le quattro volte, a profound and often funny mediation on the cycles of life on earth. Rent, buy or watch le quattro volte movie now family video. Watch le quattro volte online vimeo on demand on vimeo.
M ichelangelo frammartinos le quattro volte, or the four times, is a gem of art cinema and a miracle of animalwrangling. With a brief introduction that gives us a clue of what is in store, we are left following the last days of a lonely goatherd, herding his goats with his faithful canine companion. A combination of an old mans struggle to continue his goat herding life. Le quattro volte michelangelo frammartino 2010 cicae. It appears to be about the simple life of a goatherd, suffering with age and illness but helped by a powerful faith that manifests itself in drinking the sweepings from the floor of a local church.
Nature here is not the stuff of bucolic idylls but. The village is surrounded by a vast tract of forested countryside that beautifies and isolates in equal measure. Le quattro volte is a difficult film to define, part human drama part anthropological study, it explores the interconnectedness of life in a hilltop village in calabria, italy the film loosely links together four narratives. May 22, 2010 a story of anarchic goats, lively spiritual celebrations and reincarnation, michaelangelo frammartinos le quattro volte which won the europa cinemas label in canness directors. Le quattro volte 2010, di michelangelo frammartino. Its a remote location, but frammartinos canny eye, wry humor, and careful sense of rhythm make it feel like the best possible spot to observe the workings of the world. No hallucinogenic drug or psychedelic trip, this movie creates a heightened sense of reality by slowing actions and narrative down, simplifying. Michelangelo frammartino, the four times le quattro volte 2010 synopsis the four times works in the nondefined field between documentary and fiction, and can be understood in three different ways. Le quattro volte explores pythagoras transmigration of the soul through human, animal, plant, and mineral. Set in italys mountainous region of calabria, it traces the path of one goat herders soul, as it passes from human to animal to vegetable to mineral. Rent le quattro volte 2010 starring giuseppe fuda and bruno timpano on dvd and bluray. The story of one soul that moves through four successive lives.
Le quattro volte 2011, directed by michelangelo frammartino. Le quattro volte 2010 michelangelo frammartino synopsis. Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. A warm recreation of rural village life in calabria, italy tbc 100min. And you dont need hesiod and pythagoras to make sense of that. The fate of a kid from le quattro volte michelangelo frammartino, 2010 duration. Le quattro volte roughly translates to the four times and refers to the four sections of the film, and of this particular life cycle.
Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. Directed by michelangelo frammartino 2010 italy starring giuseppe fuda, bruno timpano, nazareno timpano le quattro volte is an ineffably beautiful meditation on the mysterious cycles of life. Video archive for the film le quattro volte, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2011. Le quattro volte a philosophicallyminded ode to the belief that animal, vegetable and mineral are ultimately one. Jun 15, 2011 here is a film that invites philosophical musing. The four times le quattro volte 2010 internet archive. You have never seen anything like this movie, even though what it shows you has been there all along. Those stages, as set down 2,500 years ago by pythagoras, are animal, vegetable, mineral and intellectual. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Unanimously acclaimed as the standout film of the 2010 cannes directors fortnight, le quattro volte is slow italian art cinema at its best. An aging shepherd giuseppe fuda is watching over his herd of goats on a hilltop in a small village in calabria.
Click to expand the mega menu click to expand search input. Le quattro volte, the nearly wordless second film from italian director michaelangelo frammartino, compresses a year in a mountainous spot in the southern italian region of calabria into the length of a short feature. Made without dialogue and often in long shots, it regards the four stages of existence in a remote italian village. Perched between fiction and documentary, le quattro volte is above all a beautiful and profound evocation of the eternal cycles of life and nature. Le quattro volte trailer 2011 an old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of calabria, at the southernmost tip of italy. Set in italys mountainous region of calabria, it traces the path of one goatherders soul, as it passes from human to animal to vegetable to mineral.
Indeed, besides its poetry, its main strength lies in the ability of the author to talk to all through a film without words. Le quattro volte san francisco international film festival. Mar 30, 2011 le quattro volte, an idiosyncratic and amazing new film by michelangelo frammartino, is so full of surprises nearly every shot contains a revelation, sneaky or overt, cosmic or mundane. Combining documentary and fable, le quattro volte depicts life in an unnamed hilltop town in calabria, italys southernmost region. The jury decided to award le quattro volte of michelangelo frammartino for its nature both radical and universal. May 26, 2011 m ichelangelo frammartinos le quattro volte, or the four times, is a gem of art cinema and a miracle of animalwrangling. Le quattro volte may grapple with big issues the biggest, really but its a lovely piece of cinema with a striking visual sensibility, a sly sense of humour and a terrific cast of human and. May 21, 2011 le quattro volte trailer 2011 an old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of calabria, at the southernmost tip of italy. There is a brief scene in which a goat gives birth. Le quattro volte is a difficult film to define, part human drama part anthropological study, it explores the interconnectedness of life in a hilltop village in calabria, italy. Le quattro volte is one of the more unusual films youll have seen for a while not least because far too few have goats in lead roles. The lyrics for le quattro volte by brunori sas have been translated into 2 languages. Apr 20, 2011 a warm recreation of rural village life in calabria, italy tbc 100min.
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