Le Quattro Volte is an Italian film, made in 2010, about life in the remote mountain town of Caulonia

Caulonia

Caulonia is a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 60 km southwest of Catanzaro and about 120 km northeast of Reggio Calabria in the Stilaro Valley.- History :...

, in southern Italy

Italy

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Plot

The film is split into three parts:

• The first part is about an old goatherd who is quite sick and believes that he has found a remedy in the dust from the church floor.

• The second part is a study of a young goat, from its birth onwards.

• The third part is a study of a fir tree, as it is chopped down to be displayed in the town square and is later made into charcoal for the townspeople's fires.

Production

There is virtually no dialogue in the film. The film was written and directed by Michelangelo Frammartino and stars Giuseppe Fuda, Nazareno Timpano, Bruno Timpano and Artemio Vellone.

Reception

Jonathan Romney, writing in The Independent on Sunday, described Le Quattro Volte as "both magnificent and magnificently economical", remarking "I like to think that it's possible for cinema to make profound cosmological statements without having to go all Cecil B DeMille". Romney finds the film "the freshest and the deepest film I've encountered in a while", and "one of those rare films that anyone could enjoy, whether or not they normally care for slow Italian art cinema".

External links

• Video interview with Frammartino at British Film Institute
• Le quattro volte Film clip on YouTube