Le Quattro Volte

Synopsis

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.

Director Biography

Born in 1968 in Milan, Italy. Italian citizenship. Studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano University. 1995-98 Various video installations.