Watch le quattro volte online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Jun 15, 2011 here is a film that invites philosophical musing. Click to expand the mega menu click to expand search input. May 01, 2015 a combination of an old mans struggle to continue his goat herding life. Le quattro volte british board of film classification.
May 16, 2010 le quattro volte a philosophicallyminded ode to the belief that animal, vegetable and mineral are ultimately one. You have never seen anything like this movie, even though what it shows you has been there all along. Nature here is not the stuff of bucolic idylls but. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. 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. 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. Birth, death, and transformation are examined in le quattro volte, a profound and often funny mediation on the cycles of life on earth. The story of one soul that moves through four successive lives. May 26, 2011 m ichelangelo frammartinos le quattro volte, or the four times, is a gem of art cinema and a miracle of animalwrangling.
A story of anarchic goats, lively spiritual celebrations and reincarnation, michaelangelo frammartinos le quattro volte which won the europa cinemas label in canness directors. Rent le quattro volte 2010 starring giuseppe fuda and bruno timpano on dvd and bluray. 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 2011, directed by michelangelo frammartino. The village is surrounded by a vast tract of forested countryside that beautifies and isolates in equal measure. A combination of an old mans struggle to continue his goat herding life. 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 a philosophicallyminded ode to the belief that animal, vegetable and mineral are ultimately one. Watch the video for le quattro volte from brunori sass il cammino di santiago in taxi, vol. 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. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the le quattro volte article. The four seasons are strong centering forces in le quattro volte, frammartino evoking the cyclical nature of life on earth in unpredictably gripping ways. 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. 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.
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. 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. An aging shepherd giuseppe fuda is watching over his herd of goats on a hilltop in a small village in calabria. Rent le quattro volte 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes. The ailing shepherd uses the floor sweepings from a nearby church as a medicine. It depicts the concept of metempsychosis taking place in the remote mountain town of caulonia, in southern italy. Apr 20, 2011 a warm recreation of rural village life in calabria, italy tbc 100min.
Perched between fiction and documentary, le quattro volte is above all a beautiful and profound evocation of the eternal cycles of life and nature. Jan 09, 20 the fate of a kid from le quattro volte michelangelo frammartino, 2010 duration. Those stages, as set down 2,500 years ago by pythagoras, are animal, vegetable, mineral and intellectual. 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. The baby kid is shown dropping from its mother vagina and onto the ground where she gently licks it clean.
Combining documentary and fable, le quattro volte depicts life in an unnamed hilltop town in calabria, italys southernmost region. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. 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. Rent, buy or watch le quattro volte movie now family video. May 06, 2011 le quattro volte will mess with your perceptions. Le quattro volte 2010 michelangelo frammartino synopsis.
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. The four times le quattro volte 2011 rotten tomatoes. 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. And you dont need hesiod and pythagoras to make sense of that. 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. Le quattro volte the four times is an ineffably beautiful meditation on the mysterious cycles of life. M ichelangelo frammartino is a 42yearold milanese artist, originally trained as an architect, who has. The lyrics for le quattro volte by brunori sas have been translated into 2 languages. 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. 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. Le quattro volte michelangelo frammartino 2010 cicae. 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. Indeed, besides its poetry, its main strength lies in the ability of the author to talk to all through a film without words. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the.
Made without dialogue and often in long shots, it regards the four stages of existence in a remote italian village. Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. The four times le quattro volte 2010 internet archive. 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. Its not necessary to know that or anything else to watch le quattro volte, which doesnt require active interpretation. Le quattro stagioni filarmonica della scala diretta da riccardo muti. Le quattro volte explores pythagoras transmigration of the soul through human, animal, plant, and mineral.
Video archive for the film le quattro volte, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2011. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. The jury decided to award le quattro volte of michelangelo frammartino for its nature both radical and universal. No hallucinogenic drug or psychedelic trip, this movie creates a heightened sense of reality by slowing actions and narrative down, simplifying. 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. With giuseppe fuda, bruno timpano, nazareno timpano, artemio vallone. Le quattro volte 2010, di michelangelo frammartino. Unanimously acclaimed as the standout film of the 2010 cannes directors fortnight, le quattro volte is slow italian art cinema at its best. 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. Le quattro volte is a poetic vision of the revolving cycles of life and nature and the unbroken traditions of a timeless place. M ichelangelo frammartinos le quattro volte, or the four times, is a gem of art cinema and a miracle of animalwrangling. Le quattro volte roughly translates to the four times and refers to the four sections of the film, and of this particular life cycle.
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