Three Floors

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Three Floors
Italian Tre piani
Directed by Nanni Moretti
Screenplay byNanni Moretti
Valia Santella
Federica Pontremoli
Story byNanni Moretti
Valia Santella
Federica Pontremoli
Based onShalosh Qomot
by Eshkol Nevo
Produced byNanni Moretti
Domenico Procacci
Starring
CinematographyMichele D'Attanasio
Edited byClelio Benevento
Music by Franco Piersanti
Production
companies
Distributed by 01 Distribution
Release dates
  • 11 July 2021 (2021-07-11)(Cannes)
  • 23 September 2021 (2021-09-23)(Italy)
Running time
119 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

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]

Contents

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

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]

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References

  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.
  2. 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.
  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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