Inspired by Pythagoras’s belief in four-fold transmigration — by which the soul is passed from human to animal to vegetable to mineral — Michelangelo Frammartino’s wondrous docu-essay traces the cycle of life through the daily rituals of life in the southern Italian region of Calabria.

Written and Directed By:  Michelangelo Frammartino

Music by:  Paolo Benvenuti

Cinematography by:  Andrea Locatelli