Michelangelo Frammartino • 2010 • Italy
A goat-herder nears the end of his life in Calabria.
In the mountains of Calabria, a goat-herder is nearing the end of his life. He goes about his daily routines, attuned to the rhythms of nature.
Drawn from Pythagoras' philosophical notion of the "four-fold transmigration" of souls, yet rooted in the material rhythms of Calabria—its complex ecosystem of being(s)—Le Quattro Volte elevates the quotidian to the sublime, suspending the spectator in a mystical cinematic universe. Michelangelo Frammartino's second feature film premiered at Cannes, Locarno, and Reykjavik, where it won Best Film and the FIPRESCI Prize. Le Quattro Volte is a New York Times Critics' Pick.
Valeria Golino • 2013 • Italy
Explores assisted suicide, a practice that remains illegal in Italy.
Irene lives in a small town along the Tyrrhenian Sea. While her friends and family believe she is student, Irene free...
Abel Ferrara • Italy • 2014
Autumn, 1975. In an apartment in Rome, Pier Paolo Pasolini sits for an interview, unaware that it will be his last. These days he follows similar routines—post-production on his latest f...
Marco Tullio Giordana • Italy • 2012
A bomb shook Milan on December 12, 1969. Exploding at the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, fourteen were killed with nearly 100 injured, striking fear into the heart of the otherwise stately Italian city. Police Commissioner Luigi Calabres...
