Le quattro volte (2010) is an Italian movie that was written and directed by
Michelangelo Frammartino. (It was shown in the U.S. with its Italian name, which means The Four Times or The Four Themes.)
The film takes place in rural Calabria, the toe of the Italian peninsula. It's a poor region with 33% of the population living in poverty. Certainly, the village we see, and the people who populate it, appear poor. In addition, the customs we see look medieval. (They probably haven't changed since medieval times.)
Giuseppe Fuda is the only actor that we see in the movie. He's an old man, bent and worn from working as a goatherd.
In this film no one speaks. The goatherd lives alone, and although we see some of the town's inhabitants, there's no dialog.
There's a great scene where the goatherd's dog completely upsets an Easter ritual, and another great scene during which a kid is born to one of the many goats that dominate the film. Other than that, we watch while life moves along.
This movie would probably work better on the large screen, because of the mountainous scenery. However, it was fine on DVD.
Le quattro volte has a solid IMDb rating of 7.2. I thought it was better than that, and rated it 9. It's not a movie for everyone. It's a quiet movie where nothing exciting or dramatic takes place. If that's your kind of movie, find it and watch it. If that's not your kind of movie, pass it by.
The film takes place in rural Calabria, the toe of the Italian peninsula. It's a poor region with 33% of the population living in poverty. Certainly, the village we see, and the people who populate it, appear poor. In addition, the customs we see look medieval. (They probably haven't changed since medieval times.)
Giuseppe Fuda is the only actor that we see in the movie. He's an old man, bent and worn from working as a goatherd.
In this film no one speaks. The goatherd lives alone, and although we see some of the town's inhabitants, there's no dialog.
There's a great scene where the goatherd's dog completely upsets an Easter ritual, and another great scene during which a kid is born to one of the many goats that dominate the film. Other than that, we watch while life moves along.
This movie would probably work better on the large screen, because of the mountainous scenery. However, it was fine on DVD.
Le quattro volte has a solid IMDb rating of 7.2. I thought it was better than that, and rated it 9. It's not a movie for everyone. It's a quiet movie where nothing exciting or dramatic takes place. If that's your kind of movie, find it and watch it. If that's not your kind of movie, pass it by.