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  • 20102010
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 59m
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3 (2010)
A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.
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  • Comedy
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A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.

IMDb RATING
6.7/10
5.2K
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  • Director
    • Tom Tykwer
  • Writer
    • Tom Tykwer
  • Stars
    • Sophie Rois
    • Sebastian Schipper
    • Devid Striesow
Top credits
  • Director
    • Tom Tykwer
  • Writer
    • Tom Tykwer
  • Stars
    • Sophie Rois
    • Sebastian Schipper
    • Devid Striesow
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    • 21User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 13 nominations

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    Photos7

    Sebastian Schipper and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    Sophie Rois and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    Sophie Rois and Sebastian Schipper in 3 (2010)
    Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
    Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)

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    Sophie Rois
    Sophie Rois
    • Hannaas Hanna
    Sebastian Schipper
    Sebastian Schipper
    • Simonas Simon
    Devid Striesow
    Devid Striesow
    • Adamas Adam
    Angela Winkler
    Angela Winkler
    • Hildegardas Hildegard
    Annedore Kleist
    • Lotteas Lotte
    Alexander Hörbe
    Alexander Hörbe
    • Dirkas Dirk
    Winnie Böwe
    Winnie Böwe
    • Petraas Petra
    Hans-Uwe Bauer
    • Dr. Wissmeras Dr. Wissmer
    Carina Wiese
    Carina Wiese
    • Schwester Ruthas Schwester Ruth
    Dominique Chiout
    • Claraas Clara
    Marita Hueber
    • Marthaas Martha
    Michael Gerber
    • Vorsitzender Ethikratas Vorsitzender Ethikrat
    Thomas Neumann
    • Wissenschaftler Ethikratas Wissenschaftler Ethikrat
    Cornelius Schwalm
    • Volker Mülleras Volker Müller
    Edgar M. Böhlke
    • Simons Vateras Simons Vater
    Maria Hartmann
    Maria Hartmann
    • Sylviaas Sylvia
    Christina Große
    • Simoneas Simone
    Hannes Wegener
    Hannes Wegener
    • Jensas Jens
    • Director
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Writer
      • Tom Tykwer
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    Storyline

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    A Berlin-set drama centered on a 40-something couple who, separately, fall in love with the same man.
    • homosexual relationship
    • male female relationship
    • romantic triangle
    • menage a trois
    • homosexual subtext
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    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Certificate
      • Unrated
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    • Trivia
      Adam is reading an ebook of Herman Melville's Moby Dick when he's in the bus.
    • Goofs
      Simon has his hair cropped right after diagnosis before any chemo without even leaving the hospital. Then, his hair has still the same length when Hannas womb has considerably increased.
    • Quotes

      Simon: I don't know how this usually works.

      Adam: What?

      Simon: With the anonymity. Uhm... with gays. You know, I'm not gay. I mean, I wasn't gay, until now.

      Adam: And now you think you are?

      Simon: No idea. No. Yes. I don't know.

      Adam: Don't worry too much.

      Simon: It's not that easy.

      Adam: It is. You just have to say goodbye.

      Simon: To what?

      Adam: To your deterministic understanding of biology.

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      Featured in It's Consuming Me (2012)

    User reviews21

    Review
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    A Seventies movie in new clothing
    Tom Tykwer is the alleged writer and director of the movie "Run Lola Run." Lola was very contemporary, very fast, very cleverly constructed, shock full of witty ideas. Other movies from his filmography have a very distinct Seventies art house film feel to them - Deadly Maria, Winter Sleepers, Heaven and 3. They are painfully slow, full of empty self importance, cover subjects middle aged teachers tend to consider important in life. Except for the name Tom Tykwer they don't have too much in common with "Lola". Don't let the name fool you.

    Sophie Rois (Hanna) is certainly a strange choice for the leading role in a "Folie a Trois". She doesn't look too nice, is much older than her two male love interests, has a terrible voice and - as Hanna - a personality that would probably drive most men away from her. Hanna is in a long time relationship with Simon (Sebastian Schipper) that obviously went stale quite some time ago. By pure chance she's meets the handsome Adam (Devid Striesow) and has sex with him the first time the same day Simon is told he's got testicular cancer and subjected to surgery on the spot. Losing a testicle must have turned him into half a man, because shortly afterwards he has a chance encounter with the handsome Adam that turns into his first homosexual experience. Good for him that while homosexuality is genetic and has nothing to do with free will, heterosexuality isn't, right?

    Will the two pairs end up as "Three"? That's actually the big question, the whole story of this movie. Tykwer uses a lot of decoration to make it look more important. Hanna is the presenter of a TV Art Show, Simon works in the art business, Adam in the stem-cell research. Simons mother gets cancer and ends up as a yummy piece of art. Lots of opportunities to touch important issues and show interesting scenes. But even though Tykwer used a budget that in the Seventies would have been enough to make quite a few independent films he manages to present it all in an extremely dull way. You actually feel sorry for all this people with their very fashionable jobs and their shallow existences. Compared to this, the "Menage a Trois" really shines. "3" is part of the pseudo-intellectual art world it so knowingly depicts.

    When Simon wears his woolly hat and thick glasses he resembles quite a lot the everyday appearance of Dani Lewy, co-owner and co-founder of Tykwer's production company, with his angular shaped face Adam looks quite a bit like timid Tykwer himself. Just saying. Just looking for a reason.

    I don't know if I missed any kind of explanation for the very strange effects the castration in this movie has. I could easily dismiss it as an embarrassing goof or an inane plot device. But when the end is near even some plants show a surprisingly combative spirit and don't just wither away. The basis topic of "Three" is the midlife crisis, the period in life when people suddenly want much more of things they once had or something completely new. Someone in this troublesome age might find this movie quite interesting, and the ending inspiring, uplifting, depressing or allegorically profound.
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    • Thom-Peters
    • Jul 28, 2011

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    • Release date
      • December 23, 2010 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Three
    • Filming locations
      • Germany
    • Production companies
      • X-Filme Creative Pool
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
      • ARD Degeto Film
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $59,954
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,821
      • Sep 18, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,484,446
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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