Three-Step Dance (2003)

Original title

Ballo a tre passi

Directed by

Salvatore Mereu

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three intertwined stories follow people in rural Sardinia. A farmer struggles with his land and a troubled marriage. A young woman returns to her village after years away. An elderly man confronts his past during a festival.

slow-burnmelancholicgroundedintimatecontemplativeearthysubdued

What happens

Three-Step Dance (Italian: Ballo a tre passi, also known as Three Steps Dancing) is a 2003 Italian drama film written and directed by Salvatore Mereu, in his feature film debut. It premiered at the 60th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Venice International Film Critics' Week sidebar, in which it was awarded best film. It also won the David di Donatello for best new director and the Ciak d'Oro for best first work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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