As a man courts the acceptance of his girlfriend’s son, the unstable triangle heads for a harrowing fight for survival.
Fatherhood, suspicion and resentment are a combustible formula in Jan Zabeil’s elegant, unnerving domestic thriller. German Aaron (Alexander Fehling, Homeland) has found the woman of his life in his French girlfriend Lea (Bérénice Bejo, The Artist) 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 Lea wrestles with conflicting loyalties to her son and her lover. Yet when Tristan disappears into the mountains, it’s unclear who is in the most danger. Complex, deceptive and gripping to the last second, Three Peaks chips away at our darkest nightmares to reveal the everyday anxieties on which they feed.
Jessica Kiang, Variety“A tense, gripping, expertly made three-hander that tests
conflicting ideas of fatherhood in the crucible of a mountainside vacation.”
Sarah Ward, Screen Daily“Like the picturesque allure of towering mountains from a distance, domestic bliss is a treacherous idyll in Three Peaks, the psychologically complex, emotionally compelling second feature from German filmmaker Jan Zabeil.”
Kate Erbland, IndieWire“A wild feature. One thing is for sure: you won’t look at your innocent family vacation the same way after watching this film.”
Variety Piazza Grande Award — Locarno International Film Festival 2017
Official Selection — Toronto International Film Festival 2017
theater name | city/state | opening date |
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IFC Center | New York, NY | 06/28/2019 |
Landmark Nuart Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | 07/12/2019 |
Landmark Midtown Art Cinema | Atlanta, GA | 07/19/2019 |
Landmark Chez Artiste Theatre | Denver, CO | 07/19/2019 |
Bow Tie Criterion Cinemas New Haven | New Haven, CT | 07/19/2019 |
Landmark Lagoon Cinema | Minneapolis, MN | 07/19/2019 |
Bow Tie Clairidge Cinemas | Montclair, NJ | 07/19/2019 |
Landmark Ritz at the Bourse | Philadelphia, PA | 07/19/2019 |
Landmark Kendall Square Cinema | Boston, MA | 07/26/2019 |
Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema | Berkeley, CA | 07/26/2019 |
Landmark Shattuck Cinemas | San Francisco, CA | 07/26/2019 |
Landmark E Street Cinema | Washington, DC | 07/26/2019 |
Varsity Theatre | Seattle, WA | 07/26/2019 |
SBIFF’s Riviera Theatre | Santa Barbara, CA | 07/26/2019 |
Camelot Theatres | Palm Springs, CA | 08/02/2019 |
Landmark Ken Cinema | San Diego, CA | 08/02/2019 |
Bow Tie Movieland at Boulevard Square | Richmond, VA | 08/02/2019 |
The Grand Auditorium | Ellsworth, ME | 08/06/2019 |