Le quattro volte

Vier Leben

Italy / Switzerland / Germany, May 2010
FILM, Fiction, 88 min.

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directed by
Michelangelo Frammartino
Written by
Michelangelo Frammartino
Status
In distribution
Website
www.lequattrovolte.it

A poetic vision of the revolving cycles of life and nature and the unbroken traditions of a timeless place. The story of one soul that moves through four successive lives. An old shepherd lives his last days in a medieval village of Calabria. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor. A new goat kid is born, and make its first tentative steps. Nearby, a majestic fir tree slowly changes through the seasons. The tree now lies on the ground, and is transformed into charcoal through the ancestral work of the local coal makers.

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World Premiere
May 2010
Original Version
Without dialogue,  colour, 35mm, 88 min.
Production
Vivo Film, Invisible Film, ventura film sa, Essential Filmproduktion Berlin Office, Istituto Luce Cinecittà S.r.l., RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera
Producer
Francesca Zanza, Gregorio Paonessa, Marta Donzelli, Gabriella Manfrè, Andres Pfaeffli, Elda Guidinetti, Susanne Marian
directed by
Michelangelo Frammartino
Written by
Michelangelo Frammartino
Cinemato­graphy
Andrea Locatelli
Editing
Benni Atria, Maurizio Grillo
Sound Editing
Daniel Iribarren
Sound Design
Daniel Iribarren
Re-Recording Mix
Ansgar Frerich
Location Sound Mix
Paolo Benvenuti, Simone Paolo Olivero
Production Design
Mathew Broussard
Lighting Design
Alessandro Magno
Costumes
Gabriella Maiolo

Cast

Giuseppe Fuda
Nazareno Timpano
Bruno Timpano

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Worldwide Distribution

France
Les Films du Losange Distribution
Release date: 29.12.2010
Germany
NFP Marketing & Distribution Distribution
Release date: 30.06.2011
Switzerland
Frenetic Films Distribution
Release date: 12.01.2011

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