FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Tom Tykwer - 3 

In another vulgar genre, Tom Tykwer's 3 would be called a "Threesome" - but this is the Arthaus treatment of the same theme. In Tykwer's film there are also a number of sex scenes, but in his case the orgasms turn out sad and desperate. Less ecstatic. The focus is on a couple from Berlin who are about 40 years old and live in a committed relationship. Hanna (Sophie Rois) presents on TV and Simon (Sebastian Schipper) does business with art. They are not married, but who is? After 20 years they understand each other blindly, but the excitement of first love is gone. One evening Hanna goes out for a drink and Simon learns that he has testicular cancer. But he can't reach Hanna and time is running out, because Simon now has to have an operation. He refuses a general anaesthetic. In the meantime Hanna has met Adam (Devid Striesow). One thing leads to another; they end up in bed together. Soon afterwards, Simon meets Adam at the swimming pool. Unwittingly. The men talk about testicular cancer and have sex. Adam, by the way, is not a guy who could have come out of a Pasolini film, but a friendly man with a warm smile. Adam is not bisexual, more of an accommodating man. We learn more about Hanna and Simon's life through the flashbacks that Tykwer loves so much. In this way he can visualize ideas and possibilities as he did in his best films. Above all Tykwer can show how two parallel love affairs develop. And aren't all Tykwer films mainly about the medium FILM itself? What is decisive is that Adam has not the slightest idea that Hanna and Simon are a couple. He likes both and both like him. All three of them don't want to hurt anyone. They got themselves into a situation in the middle of their lives... Three is about affection, not lust. Because the one you are with, you love even more when you are NOT with him.