Drei Zinnen
Three Peaks
Aaron lädt seine Freundin Lea und deren achtjährigen Sohn Tristan ein, einen Ausflug in die Berge zu machen. Doch was ein Neubeginn hätte werden können, hoch oben in der Drei-Zinnen-Region der italienischen Dolomiten, wird zu einem Dauerkampf, in dem alle ihre Rolle in der Familie verteidigen wollen. Im Versuch, die Achtung des Jungen zu gewinnen, nimmt ihn Aaron mit auf einen Ausflug, auf dem er das Kind mit seiner ständigen Feindseligkeit konfrontiert. Als es irgendwann neblig wird, verliert Aaron jede Spur von Tristan. Das Machtspiel nimmt eine gefährliche Wende ... (Locarno Festival)
Imagine a man who is everything the world tells us a great father should be: sensitive yet masculine, bursting with vitality but also able to teach his son a gentle keyboard duet, he works a sophisticated job but is also a mountaineer who gives great piggy-back. This is Aaron, and he is the greatest father that Tristan could want - except he's not his father. And it is that hairline fracture in the edifice of an ostensibly happy family vacation that Jan Zabeil's superbly crafted, utterly gripping Three Peaks traces, following it so far into the frozen yonder that by the time we hear the cracking of the ice, we're out too far to turn back. (Jessica Kiang, Variety)
Director's Biography
Jan Zabeil
Born in 1981 in Berlin, Jan studied cinematography at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam. His films include “What Would the Drop Know About It” (2008) and “The River Used to Be a Man” (2011), which won Best New Director in San Sebastian and was also shown at Crossing Europe in 2012.
Film Selection: Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks, 2017) — We Will Stay in Touch about It (2015, short) — Der Fluss war einst ein Mensch (The River Used to Be a Man, 2011, CE’12) — Was weiß der Tropfen davon (What Would the Drop Know About It, 2008, short) — L.H.O. (2007, short)
Born in 1981 in Berlin, Jan studied cinematography at the Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf in Potsdam. His films include “What Would the Drop Know About It” (2008) and “The River Used to Be a Man” (2011), which won Best New Director in San Sebastian and was also shown at Crossing Europe in 2012.
Film Selection: Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks, 2017) — We Will Stay in Touch about It (2015, short) — Der Fluss war einst ein Mensch (The River Used to Be a Man, 2011, CE’12) — Was weiß der Tropfen davon (What Would the Drop Know About It, 2008, short) — L.H.O. (2007, short)
European Panorama Fiction 2018
Jan Zabeil
Deutschland / Italien 2017
color
90 Minuten
Deutsch / Französisch / Englisch OmdU
Drehbuch Jan Zabeil
Kamera Axel Schneppat
Schnitt Florian Miosge
Ton/Sounddesign Magnus Pflüger
Mit Alexander Fehling, Bérénice Bejo, Arian Montgomery
Produzent*innen Benny Drechsel
Produktion
Rohfilm Productions, Echo Film, SWR
Österreichpremiere
Rechte Österreich / Austrian RightsNFP marketing & distribution
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Locarno Festival 2017
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
