Le Quattro Volte

With barely a word of dialogue, this gentle drama is beautiful, mysterious and funny

An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet mediaeval village perched high on the hills of Calabria at the south most tip of Italy. He is sick and believes the cure lies in the dust he collects daily from the floor of the church, which he drinks in his water every day.
The film is a beautiful combination of an old man’s struggle to continue his goat herding life; the birth of a baby goat; a tree which becomes charcoal; and the lives of the simple people in the hills of Calabria.