It is based on the 2017 novel Shalosh Qomot by Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo, moving the setting from Tel Aviv to Rome, and also marking Moretti's first adaptation of the work of another artist.
[1][2] It stars Margherita Buy, Riccardo Scamarcio, Alba Rohrwacher, Adriano Giannini, Elena Lietti, Alessandro Sperduti, Denise Tantucci and Moretti.
The story of three families living on different floors of the same middle-class apartment building.
[2][3] Three Floors had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival where it received a standing ovation of eleven minutes.
The website's critical consensus states: "Lacking the essential spark of director Nanni Moretti's best work, Three Floors does a dreary disservice to its laudable themes".