
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. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor, which he drinks in his water every day.... (Full plot summary below)
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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. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor, which he drinks in his water every day.
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| Time OutTrevor JohnstonExplaining it makes it sound aridly abstract, but watching it is pure delight... |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt"Le Quattro Volte" works best if, instead of trying to figure it all out, you simply let its weirdly logical ideas flow. |
| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouMichael NordineSuch descriptors as contemplative, deliberate, and meditative fall short of the mark in conveying exactly what's at work here. |
| Electric SheepMark StaffordFor 88 minutes le Quattro Volte weaves a curious spell, like a live action Sylvain Chomet animation, a bucolic meander through the mysteries of life and death. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)"Le Quattro Volte" works best if, instead of trying to figure it all out, you simply let its weirdly logical ideas flow. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertIf Samuel Beckett and Jacques Tati collaborated on a National Geographic nature film, the result would be a lot like this oddball Italian docudrama. |
| Filmcritic.comChris CabinIf Frammartino's film is admittedly quite academic, it's also strikingly elemental and brilliantly paced |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerBeautifully shot and featuring some highly impressive animal wrangling, Le Quattro Volte is a bizarre arthouse film that's thought-provoking, surprisingly moving and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. |
| GuardianPhilip FrenchIt is an essay, a cinematic poem, a spiritual exploration of time and space, and it's designed to make us think and feel about the world around us and our place in it. |
| ScotsmanAlistair HarknessIt's an odd little film, to be sure, but it does a nice job of exploring the ways in which all life is eventually connected. |