| Three Floors | |
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| Italian | Tre piani |
| Directed by | Nanni Moretti |
| Screenplay by | Nanni Moretti Valia Santella Federica Pontremoli |
| Story by | Nanni Moretti Valia Santella Federica Pontremoli |
| Based on | Shalosh Qomot by Eshkol Nevo |
| Produced by | Nanni Moretti Domenico Procacci |
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| Cinematography | Michele D'Attanasio |
| Edited by | Clelio Benevento |
| Music by | Franco Piersanti |
Production companies |
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| Distributed by | 01 Distribution |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Language | Italian |
Three Floors (Italian: Tre piani) is a 2021 Italian drama film co-produced, co-written and directed by Nanni Moretti. It is based on the 2017 novel Shalosh Qomot by Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo, moving the setting from Tel Aviv to Rome, and also marking Moretti's first adaptation of the work of another artist.[1][2]
It stars Margherita Buy, Riccardo Scamarcio, Alba Rohrwacher, Adriano Giannini, Elena Lietti, Alessandro Sperduti, Denise Tantucci and Moretti. It had its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on 11 July 2021. It is scheduled to be released in Italy on 23 September 2021 by 01 Distribution.
Plot
The story of three families living on different floors of the same middle-class apartment building.
Cast
- Margherita Buy as Dora, Vittorio's wife
- Nanni Moretti as Vittorio, Dora's husband
- Alessandro Sperduti as Andrea, Dora and Vittorio's son
- Riccardo Scamarcio as Lucio, Sara's husband
- Elena Lietti as Sara, Lucio's wife
- Alba Rohrwacher as Monica, Giorgio's wife
- Adriano Giannini as Giorgio, Monica's husband
- Denise Tantucci as Charlotte
- Anna Bonaiuto as Giovanna, Renato's wife
- Paolo Graziosi as Renato, Giovanna's husband
- Stefano Dionisi as Roberto
- Tommaso Ragno as Luigi
Production
The shooting began on 4 March 2019 in Rome and lasted until May.[2][3]
Release
Three Floors had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival where it received a standing ovation of eleven minutes.[4] The film was screened as a special presentation at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
Reception
Three Floors has an approval rating of 48% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 23 reviews, and an average rating of 4.9/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Lacking the essential spark of director Nanni Moretti's best work, Three Floors does a dreary disservice to its laudable themes".[6] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[7]
References
- ↑ "Nanni Moretti, un video anticipa 'Tre piani', il nuovo film: ecco le prime scene" [Nanni Moretti, a video anticipates 'Three Floors', the new film: here are the first scenes]. la Repubblica (in Italian). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- 1 2 ""Tre piani" è il film della svolta per Nanni Moretti" ["Three Floors" is the film of the turning point for Nanni Moretti]. superEva (in Italian). 4 March 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Bell, Nicholas (30 December 2019). "Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #128. Tre piani - Nanni Moretti". IONCINEMA.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ "Cannes: 11 minuti di applausi e standing ovation per il film di Moretti 'Tre Piani'" [Cannes: 11 minutes of applause and standing ovation for Moretti's film 'Three Floors']. TGLA7 (in Italian). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Rubin, Rebecca (20 July 2021). "Toronto Film Festival Lineup Adds 'Dear Evan Hansen,' 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye' and 'Clifford the Big Red Dog'". Variety.
- ↑ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_floors
- ↑ https://www.metacritic.com/movie/three-floors?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1c
External links
- Three Floors at IMDb