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  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Inspired by Pythagoras’s belief in four-fold transmigration — by which the soul is passed from human to animal to vegetable to mineral — Michelangelo Frammartino’s wondrous docu-essay traces the cycle of life through the daily rituals of life in the southern Italian region of Calabria. (Lorber Films)

Directed By: Michelangelo Frammartino

Written By: Michelangelo Frammartino

  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2011
  • Not Rated
  • Lorber Films
  • 1 h 28 m

The Four Times (Le Quattro Volte)

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews
80
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
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Summary Inspired by Pythagoras’s belief in four-fold transmigration — by which the soul is passed from human to animal to vegetable to mineral — Michelangelo Frammartino’s wondrous docu-essay traces the cycle of life through the daily rituals of life in the southern Italian region of Calabria. (Lorber Films)

Directed By: Michelangelo Frammartino

Written By: Michelangelo Frammartino

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19% Mixed
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100
Apr 14, 2011
In only his second feature, Frammartino has found a fresh and ravishingly poetic and beautiful way to explore the relationship between the spirit, man and nature.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
91
Mar 29, 2011
Frammartino keeps the material engaging simply by aiming the camera at his subjects and letting the material organically emerge-rather than enforcing the supernatural element with overstatement.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW

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88
Jun 15, 2011
Here is a film that invites philosophical musing. Made without dialogue and often in long shots, it regards the four stages of existence in a remote Italian village.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
78
Jul 20, 2011
It is easy to describe what occurs in Le Quattro Volte; less easy, however, to explain it. Calculatedly meditative yet casually metaphysical, Le Quattro Volte (The Four Times in English) is austere, funny, beautiful, and transfixing.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 9, 2011
Le Quattro Volte may sound like art-house tedium, but in fact it's a movie of grave beauty, serene pace and surprising humor.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 27, 2011
Alternately beguiling and actively irritating, Frammartino's second feature is too uneven to recommend whole-heartedly, but contains so many individually fascinating movies that attention should be paid.
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40
Mar 29, 2011
The director races far too quickly to get to his ashes-to-ashes, dust-to-dust punch line. This is the film of a pretender, not a believer.
By Keith Uhlich FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Vivo Film, Essential Filmproduktion GmbH, Invisibile Film, Ventura Film, Caravan Pass, Altamarea Film, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC), Eurimages, Calabria Film Commission, Torino Film Lab, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Regione Calabria, ZDF Enterprises, ARTE, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, RSI-Radiotelevisione Svizzera
Release Date Mar 30, 2011
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.zaziefilms.com/4inochi/
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Awards

Cannes Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
David di Donatello Awards
• 3 Nominations
Annecy Italian Cinema Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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