SummaryGerman Aaron (Alexander Fehling) has found the woman of his life in his French girlfriend Lea (Bérénice Bejo) but her young son Tristan still imagines his mother reconciling with his American father. On what should be an idyllic vacation in the soaring Italian Dolomites, Aaron fights to win over Tristan and cement his place in this family, while ... Read More
Directed By:Jan Zabeil
Written By:Jan Zabeil
Three Peaks
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
57
64% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
27% Mixed
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Jun 27, 2019
88
From Germany, the deeply disturbing domestic tragedy Three Peaks is another film of understated but driving intensity starring Alexander Fehling, a.k.a. the Paul Newman of German cinema.
Jun 27, 2019
70
Three Peaks has a placid surface, but Zabeil uses abstraction — with edits that elide information or play tricks with spatial perception — to deepen a trite scenario.
Jul 23, 2019
63
Three Peaks is not a devastating film like “Force Majeure” — another mountain-set foreign film about the exposure of fissures in a family dynamic — but it is a satisfying one. There’s just enough closure to its inconclusive climax to allow you to relax, even if it doesn’t give you much to terribly ponder during the drive home.
Jun 3, 2019
60
This is a demanding and fitfully rewarding film which focuses minutely on the shifting relationships between its three protagonists.
Jul 10, 2019
50
Three Peaks is a dark little family drama, a ticking time bomb of a movie that is well made but never totally satisfies.
Jul 24, 2019
25
If Zabeil didn’t want to deliver a formula picture, he needed to come up with something better than the formula.
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Aug 3, 2019
8
A German man goes on vacation with his French girlfriend and her son. The relationship between the substitute father and the young boy is sometimes warm, even though the son would rather see his biological parents reconcile. The location in the Italian Dolomites is stunningly picturesque and it's majesty plays an integral part in the film. Events happen quietly, sometimes starting or ending abruptly, but always with a compelling undertone. It's beautifully acted (including young Arian Montgomery) and slowly engrossing...with a subtle hint of jeopardy pervading the natural splendor. In French and German with subtitles.
Production Company:
- Echo Film
- Rohfilm
Release Date:Jun 28, 2019
Duration:1 h 34 m
Rating:PG-13
Awards
Locarno Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hof International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Palm Springs International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
