Le Quattro Volte opens March 30 at Film Forum

“LE QUATTRO VOLTE,” INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED MEDITATION ON THE CYCLES OF LIFE,
HAS U.S. THEATRICAL PREMIERE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 AT FILM FORUM

Film Forum is proud to present the U.S. theatrical premiere of Michelangelo Frammartino’s LE QUATTRO VOLTE (“the four times”), beginning Wednesday, March 30. An idyllic village in southern Italy’s mountainous region of Calabria is the setting for this exquisitely filmed take on the cycles of life. Structured in four parts, per its title, it opens with a shepherd tending his herd of goats, then shifts focus to one animal in particular, the tree under which he seeks shelter, and the industrialized fate of that plant. A.O. Scott of The New York Timeswrites: “(Its) view of nature is among the most profound, expansive and unsettling I have ever encountered on film. There is virtually no dialogue, yet the film is far from silent: the rustling of trees, the sounds of agricultural labor, the barking of a dog and in particular the cries of goats supply a meaning that transcends words, while Mr. Frammartino’s eye for both comedy and mystery produces compositions that are so strange and memorable that they seem to reinvent the very act of perception.” LE QUATTRO VOLTE played in 2010 in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Telluride, Toronto and New York Film Festivals.

LE QUATTRO VOLTE (2010, 88 mins.) Written & Directed by Michelangelo Frammartino. Cinematography: Andrea Locatelli. Editing: Benni Atria & Maurizio Grillo. Cast: Giuseppe Fuda (the shepherd), Bruno Timpano (a coal maker), Nazareno Timpano (a coal maker). Italy/Germany/Switzerland. A Lorber Films Release.

LE QUATTRO VOLTE will have a 2-week engagement, March 30 – April 12, at Film Forum, West Houston Street (W. of 6^th Avenue), with screenings daily at 1:00, 2:50, 4:40, 6:30, 8:20 and 10:10.