Three Floors

Three Floors
Three Floors
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
Starring	Margherita Buy; Riccardo Scamarcio; Alba Rohrwacher; Adriano Giannini; Elena Lietti; Alessandro Sperduti; Denise Tantucci; Nanni Moretti;
Cinematography	Michele D'Attanasio
Edited by	Clelio Benevento
Music by	Franco Piersanti
Production; companies	Sacher Film; Fandango; Rai Cinema; Le Pacte;
Distributed by	01 Distribution
Release dates	11 July 2021 (Cannes); 23 September 2021 (Italy);
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 [it] 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.
^ ^a ^b ""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). 12 July 2021. 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.
^ "Three Floors". Rotten Tomatoes.
^ "Three Floors". Metacritic.

External links

Three Floors at IMDb

[1] "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.

[:0-2] ""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.

[3] Bell, Nicholas (30 December 2019). "Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #128. Tre piani - Nanni Moretti". IONCINEMA.com. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[4] "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). 12 July 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[5] 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.

[6] "Three Floors". Rotten Tomatoes.

[7] "Three Floors". Metacritic.

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