TY - BOOK AU - Michelangelo Frammartino AU - Michelangelo AU - Giueppe Fuda AU - Bruno Timpano AU - Nazareno Timpano TI - Le Quattro Volte AV - PN1997 .Q387 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Italy PB - Istituto Luce Cinecitta N1 - N2 - From cover: The film that took last year's Cannes by surprise, Le Quattro Volte explores the cycles of life in a wordless portrait of Calabrian village that progresses through life-forms from man to animals (goats and a star turn from a dog) to a tree. It works both as a simple celebration of nature and as an exploration of our place in the world, and an extraordinary piece of pure and often very funny cinema ; From IMDb: 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 ER -