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The Four Times
2010
NRDirector
Michelangelo Frammartino
Runtime
88 minutes
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An old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor, which he drinks in his water every day.
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Overall Score
4.2/10
Fair
Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The film utilizes a non-narrative, observational lens that lacks interpersonal dialogue. There is no explicit depiction of LGBTQ+ identities or queer-coded subtext within the work.
Gender Representation
The experimental structure avoids traditional gender hierarchies by omitting domestic or professional competition. It does not actively subvert roles through agency, resulting in a neutral presentation.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
Rooted in the agrarian reality of Calabria, the film depicts a localized population. It avoids racial stereotyping by focusing on human labor and the natural environment.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The film critiques modern industrialism by centering on pre-industrial rhythms. It suggests an organic, non-institutional spirituality through the shepherd’s ritualistic connection to the land.
Disability Representation
The physical frailty of the elderly shepherd is framed as a natural biological cycle. This avoids spectacle by integrating vulnerability into the landscape's inevitable decay.
Strengths
- Challenges modern capitalist temporal structures by prioritizing pre-industrial, manual labor.
- Avoids traditional disability tropes by framing physical frailty as a natural biological process.
- Provides a critique of Western industrialism through a focus on organic, natural rhythms.
Areas for Improvement
- Lacks explicit depiction of LGBTQ+ identities or romantic arcs.
- Does not actively engage with or subvert specific gendered dynamics or agency.
- Provides limited representation of diverse ethnic or racial identities beyond its localized setting.
AI Analysis
The Four Times is a formalist work that prioritizes sensory experience over traditional character-driven conflict. By rejecting standard plot progression, it disrupts conventional Western narrative architectures. Its primary achievement is shifting focus from human-centric social hierarchies toward ecological interconnectedness. The film deconstructs the emphasis on individual agency and linear progress through its meditative, non-linear approach. However, the lack of explicit identity-based representation results in low scores for specific categories. The film functions more as a disruption of cinematic norms than a study of social identity.
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