''Three'' () is a 2010 German drama film written, co-scored and directed by
Tom Tykwer. The film was nominated for the
Golden Lion at the
67th Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
Hanna and Simon are in a long-term relationship which, though loving, has grown sexually unexciting. Soon after Simon's mother dies from overdosing on pills, after being diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, he discovers that he has
testicular cancer
Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. Symptoms may include a lump in the testicle or swelling or pain in the scrotum. Treatment may result in infertility.
Risk factors include an c ...
and must undergo surgery and
chemotherapy
Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (list of chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard chemotherapy re ...
. The night of his surgery, Hanna has a sexual encounter with a man called Adam, and Simon learns that he had fathered a child seventeen years earlier, although the woman opted for an abortion. Simon, who had assumed that either he or Hanna was infertile, is assured that he should still be able to have children after his surgery. During his recovery, Simon and Hanna decide to finally wed. Shortly beforehand, Simon encounters Adam at the pool and begins an affair with him as well.
The couple's separate affairs lead to greater happiness and sexual desire felt for one another. Adam, unaware that his two lovers are involved, develops feelings for them both. The affairs are divulged soon after Hanna discovers that she is pregnant; because she was sleeping with both Adam and Simon at the time of conception, she does not know the identity of the father. Now separated, both Hanna and Simon never contact Adam. Hanna moves to England, where she discovers that she is pregnant with twins. After she receives an invitation to an art gallery in Germany, she reconnects with Simon. The two admit that they have missed each other, but they also miss Adam. The film ends with the couple arriving at Adam's flat, where they coalesce into a happy
spooning threesome.
Cast
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Sophie Rois as Hanna
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Sebastian Schipper as Simon
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Devid Striesow
Devid Striesow (born 1 October 1973 in Bergen auf Rügen, East Germany) is a German actor.
After his school education, he moved to Berlin to start an apprenticeship as a goldsmith but the goldsmith's business went bankrupt before Striesow cou ...
as Adam
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Angela Winkler as Simon's mother Hildegard
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Annedore Kleist as Lotte
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Alexander Hörbe as Dirk
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Winnie Böwe as Petra
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Hans-Uwe Bauer as Dr Wissmer
See also
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List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films of 2010
References
External links
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2010 films
2010 drama films
2010 LGBTQ-related films
2010s German-language films
Films set in Berlin
Films directed by Tom Tykwer
German LGBTQ-related films
Films with screenplays by Tom Tykwer
2010s LGBTQ-related drama films
Films about male bisexuality
Films scored by Tom Tykwer
Films about threesomes
2010s German films
Films produced by Stefan Arndt
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