Three Floors
Three Floors interweaves the ethical crises and shifting relationships of three families confined within one bourgeois condominium.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- melancholic
- intimate
- serious
- quiet evening
- arthouse film night
What critics said
Critics found the film's ambitious family themes worthwhile but considered its execution dreary and lacking the spark of Nanni Moretti's strongest work.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film follows three families living on separate floors of the same bourgeois condominium, with their crises connected by proximity.
The condominium residents are affluent families whose private conflicts expose responsibility, privilege, and compromised judgment.
The three-story residential building functions as the film's central shared environment and links otherwise separate family stories.
The interwoven stories track the families over changing stages of their lives rather than concentrating on one continuous crisis.
Films like Three Floors, and why
The Son's Room
shared ensemble family drama, bourgeois domestic tensions, and morally fraught relationships
The Place
shared intimate social realism, intergenerational conflict, and emotionally restrained family crises
A Bigger Splash
shared European ensemble drama focused on affluent families, secrets, and interpersonal rupture
Movie Details
- Director
- Nanni Moretti
- Release Date
- 2021-09-23
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (322)
Cast
- Margherita Buy
- Riccardo Scamarcio
- Alba Rohrwacher
- Adriano Giannini
- Elena Lietti
- Alessandro Sperduti
- Denise Tantucci
- Nanni Moretti
- Anna Bonaiuto
- Paolo Graziosi
Common questions
- What is Three Floors about?
- Three Floors interweaves the ethical crises and shifting relationships of three families confined within one bourgeois condominium.
- What is Three Floors like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Three Floors as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Three Floors violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Three Floors as mild.
- What did critics think of Three Floors?
- Critics found the film's ambitious family themes worthwhile but considered its execution dreary and lacking the spark of Nanni Moretti's strongest work.
- Which films are like Three Floors?
- Films with a similar feel include The Son's Room, The Place, and A Bigger Splash.
- How long is Three Floors?
- Three Floors runs 119 minutes.
