四つのいのち / Le Quattro Volte

​老いた羊飼い、一匹の子ヤギ、巨大な樅の木、そして炭。カラブリアの山村で静かに営まれる生命の循環を、ほとんど台詞を用いずに描き出す。ピタゴラス派の「四つの転生」の思想に基づき、人間、動物、植物、鉱物を同じ重みで映すフランマルティーノの代表作。村の犬が巻き起こす約8分間のワンカットでは、演出と偶然が奇跡のように溶け合う。第63回カンヌ国際映画祭監督週間でヨーロッパ・シネマ・ラベル賞、パルム・ドッグ賞を受賞。物語ではなく、時間そのものを体験する88分。

​An old shepherd, a young goat, a towering fir tree, and charcoal: in a Calabrian mountain village, life passes quietly from one form to another. Frammartino gives people, animals, plants, and minerals the same weight, building the film around the Pythagorean idea of four lives. Its celebrated eight-minute shot, set in motion by a village dog, brings staging and chance together with almost impossible grace. Winner of the Europa Cinemas Label and the Palm Dog at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, this is 88 minutes of cinema that asks us not to follow a plot, but to feel time itself.