The Four Times

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The Four Times

2010

1h 28m

Drama

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93%

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54 Reviews

75%

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1,000+ Ratings

An old shepherd drinks church dust to stave off death.

Critics Consensus

Birth, death, and transformation are examined in Le Quattro Volte, a profound and often funny mediation on the cycles of life on earth.

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Nicole Armour

Film Comment Magazine

The director emphasizes the fragile and invisible, the small specks of matter that make up the whole.

Nov 7, 2013

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

The film's apparent simplicity is, in large measure, its charm and its universal appeal.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jul 22, 2011

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The God's-eye view becomes mesmerizing when we stop insisting that the film flatter us and just enjoy a quiet ride on the cycle.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 15, 2011

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

This is powerful and confident filmmaking, a kind of cinematic poem that stares deep into the human soul and emerges with a quietly moving and deeply meaningful experience.

Rated: 4/4

Aug 5, 2019

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Sean Axmaker

Turner Classic Movies Online

It's both an embrace of the comfort of ritual and certainly and acknowledgement of the magic of the unexpected and the accidental bringing change to routine.

Dec 17, 2011

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Whose images of everyday life in the sticks makes for hypnotic viewing.

Rated: A-

Nov 7, 2011

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93% of critics liked it. Way too arty (?!) for me.....90mins watching goats. No dialogue. Challenging!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Brilliant ~ Beautiful ~

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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pre?o majú kozy tendenciu plha? sa na najvyie poloené miesta v dosahu?

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

An artistic and mesmerising movie. Slow paced and dialogue free which pulls you in and enchants you. A chilled out movie to watch. If you are expecting entertainment and action then go elsewhere. This is more poetic and arty.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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It might have had rave reviews but I found it boring and kept thinking of more productive things I could have been doing rather than sitting in a cinema watching pretty pictures that went on and on. I longed for some dialogue and a bit of fictional storytelling.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

90-minute ambient Rube Goldberg machine.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Synopsis

An old shepherd drinks church dust to stave off death.

Director: Michelangelo Frammartino
Producer: Philippe Bober, Elda Guidinetti, Marta Donzelli, Gabriella Manfré
Screenwriter: Michelangelo Frammartino
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 1, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $152.5K
Runtime: 1h 28m