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Three Steps Above Heaven

Original title: Tres metros sobre el cielo
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 58m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
30K
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María Valverde and Mario Casas in Three Steps Above Heaven (2010)
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A privileged woman and a reckless man fall in love despite their different social classes.A privileged woman and a reckless man fall in love despite their different social classes.A privileged woman and a reckless man fall in love despite their different social classes.

  • Director
    • Fernando González Molina
  • Writers
    • Federico Moccia
    • Ramón Salazar
  • Stars
    • Mario Casas
    • María Valverde
    • Álvaro Cervantes
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    30K
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    • Director
      • Fernando González Molina
    • Writers
      • Federico Moccia
      • Ramón Salazar
    • Stars
      • Mario Casas
      • María Valverde
      • Álvaro Cervantes
    • 64User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Mario Casas
    Mario Casas
    • H.
    María Valverde
    María Valverde
    • Babi
    Álvaro Cervantes
    Álvaro Cervantes
    • Pollo
    Marina Salas
    Marina Salas
    • Katina
    Luis Fernández
    Luis Fernández
    • El Chino
    Andrea Duro
    Andrea Duro
    • Mara
    Nerea Camacho
    Nerea Camacho
    • Daniela
    Diego Martín
    Diego Martín
    • Alejandro
    Cristina Plazas
    Cristina Plazas
    • Rafaela
    Jordi Bosch
    • Claudio
    Joan Crosas
    • Padre H.
    Cristina Dilla
    • Madre H.
    Pablo Rivero
    Pablo Rivero
    • Gustavo
    Marta Martín
    • Silvia
    Víctor Sevilla
    • El Ventura
    Daniel Casadellà
    Daniel Casadellà
    • El Palote
    • (as Daniel Casadella)
    Dani Herrera
    • El Travolta
    • (as Danny Herrera)
    Marcel Borràs
    Marcel Borràs
    • Chico
    • Director
      • Fernando González Molina
    • Writers
      • Federico Moccia
      • Ramón Salazar
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    User reviews64

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    4pavel-dzverat

    expected much more from the story

    The following is completely personal opinion and don't feel like sharing it. Overall the a well known story - a good girl from a wealthy family and a street-type boy who regards no rules. Of course they fall in love, they go trough lots of "obstacles" to stay together ... but they eventually don't (I'd say the most interesting, garbing scenes from the movie).

    And so that I try to be short in explanations, I'd say I've seen quiet many "love story movies" BUT this one somehow did not convince me in the sense of the whole story. There's a young dude who plays "mighty" and nothing/no one is capable of stopping him. Not able to control his anxiety he punches and smashes everyone and everything - for me a bit ridiculous. And if mostly girl's mother was so against their love, why wouldn't she use her further more her powerful position. I'd put the attention more to the "FLAT scripts" the movie has.

    I did love though the photography, sceneries and the way move was technically filmed. Another part I liked, was the last 10 mines of the movie itself. I do like "happy ends", though particularly in this movie it will be too much.

    Never the less, I'm 23, I'd say it's a nice movie, as far as only you are NOT over 18.
    1kristijanvkci

    Godzilla is more realistic than this movie

    A hooligan destroys a car of a girls friend (actually his dads car) while she's in it Car gets wrecked, her friend gets beaten up Girl falls in love with the hooligan??? Her friend finds a guy stealing money from purses Girl falls in love with the thief??? Guy beats up everyone, hits his girl Girl is in love with the hooligan Teenagers see this and love the 2 main characters presented as badasses with suble signs and completely ignore the messeges the movie sends If you want to get the girl, you need to steal money, beat people up, beat up her friend, ruin his dads car, throw her in a pool, occasionally hit her and in no chance she'll be yours!! Worst movie ever
    5ma-cortes

    Romantic flick packed with a twisted romance , catching songs , violence and motorcycle races

    Exciting drama plenty of emotion , thrills , fights and a deep love story , being based on the novel of the same name by Federico Moccia. Mario Casas leads the cast of this ¨Three Meters Above The Sky¨ the story of two young people who belong to different worlds ; this one starts with a misfit , impulsive , unconscious young man nicknamed ¨H¨ (Mario Casas) , leader of a band of violent teenagers . Meanwhile , H is reconnecting with the past so that it means fighting and also a new love . When he is driving his powerful motorcycle he meets a beautiful teenager , Babi (Maria Valverde), the girl from upper-middle class that was educated in goodness and innocence . Babi reluctant at first but finally falls in love for him . Along the way , ¨H¨ gets mixed up with some tough as well as bad guys and is embodied in endless struggles and illegal motorbike races .

    Sensitive as well as romantic drama is loaded with an enjoyable love story , soap opera , lingering shots of wonderful as well as youthful faces , twisted situations and with a distinctly Spanish idiosyncrasy . It is the chronicle of a love improbable , almost impossible between two maladjusted young people : Mario Casas and Maria Valverde but inevitable dragging in a frantic journey of family opposition , motorcycle races , difficult romance and full of violence . Although is filled with predictability and cliché-ness the film results out to be pretty entertaining , but overlong . It turns out to be pleasantly fun that offers no intellectual stimulus whatsoever ; an exercise in pure escapism in which entertainment and thrilling happenings are guaranteed .

    Passable acting by Mario Casas as Hache , a rebellious boy who has an appetite for risk and danger in the limit of common sense , a ¨rebel without a cause¨ , in James Dean'style . This is Mario Casas's most important screen appearance in screen and pretty well Marta Valderde as the inexperienced and innocent adolescent . And agreeable and charming Marina Salas as Katina , her best friend . As shown in the film, H and Babi develop a relationship , and actually the two actors developed a relationship of their own in 2010 , though it is known that the two broke up in September of 2014 ; and subsequently Marta Valverde married to prestigious musical conductor Gustavo Dudamel . As you should be aware , than similar from US films with romantic touches , you do get to see people having sex in this , not explicit , but there are naked bodies , and some strong sexual scenes . Ample support cast formed by newcomers who would have an acceptable and uneven career , such as Nerea Camacho , Alvaro Cervantes of ¨Carlos I¨ series , Andrea Duro of ¨Olmos and Robles¨ series , Pablo Rivero of ¨Cuentame¨ series , Diego Martín , and Cristina Plazas , Jordi Bosch as parents of Bibi . Colorful and glimmer cinematography by Daniel Aranyó . Being shot on location in Mataró , El Prat De Llobregat , Teià , Montgat , Sant Boi De Llobregat , L'Hospitalet De Llobregat , Santa Cristina D'Aro , Barcelona, Catalonia , Girona, Catalonia , Spain . In addition , atmospheric and moving musical score by Manel Santisteban , adding commercial and attractive songs .

    Being based on Federico Moccia bestseller book . Federico is a Best-seller writer and occasionally director , known for ¨Amore 14¨ , ¨Scusa Ma Ti Voglio Sposare¨ , ¨Tre Metri Sopra Il Cielo¨ (2004) He also wrote several scripts as ¨Palla Al Centro¨ , ¨Ho Voglia Di Te¨ , ¨Classe Mista 3A¨ and ! Cannibal holocaust 2 ¡ . ¨Perdona Si Te Llamo Amor¨ . The motion picture ¨Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo¨ or "Three Steps Above Heaven" (2010) was professionally directed by the Spanish filmmaker Fernando González Molina . And he also made the sequel : ¨Tengo Ganas De Ti¨ (2012) , in which ¨H¨ falls for a gorgeous dancer called Gin , Clara Lago , but he discovers again his first great love : Maria Valverde . He went on directing successes as the $13.5 million period drama "Palm Trees in the Snow" also with Mario Casas and a thriller . ¨El Guardian Invisible¨. And made several TV series as ¨Luna , Misterio De Calenda¨ , ¨Bienvenidos Al Lolita¨ and ¨Los Hombres De Paco¨ .
    8polina-malina

    Not a banal love story

    After watching this film I had strange feelings. On the one hand "Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo" is a beautiful love story with nice moments, beautiful actors and breathtaking scene. But if you think over a plot of this film you understand that the main idea is not to show a beautiful love but to tell us about the world of teenagers who have absolutely different lives.

    Babi is a good girl from a respected family. Hache is a bad boy, who loves freedom, burn-up and everything fringe. But just a small meeting changed their lives cardinally. They fell in love, did crazy things, resolved themselves and everything would be fine, but they are so different that despite their feelings, they cannot be together.

    At first sight it sounds like a banal film about a tragic love, but it is necessary to watch it to understand that it is not so.

    Through the film my mood changed a lot of times. After it my head was full of thoughts. In my opinion, "Tres Metros Sobre el Cielo" is a film that should be watched not only one time.
    9mannin11

    Great modern take on Romeo and Juliet

    Wow! What a knockout of a movie. If one was to say that this is aimed at the female Twilight audience, one would only be partially correct. There is enough of a hard edge to the story and the characters to appeal to any red-blooded male in the audience. The story of a girl from a rich family who falls in hate/love with a smartass illegal motor cycle racing street hood kicks this up into a testosterone story about a thug trying to come to terms with his uncontrollable angers and find love amidst his own brutality. Taken from an Italian novel by Federico Moccia, this was originally filmed (in Italian) in 2004 then remade in Spanish in 2010. This movie cries out for an American remake!!! One only prays that if that day ever comes that the studio committees won't screw it up as they have done waaaay too often with foreign remakes.

    Whatever the budget was for this movie, every penny is up there on the screen. Fantastic direction, fantastic cinematography. Great acting from the young leads. A great soundtrack and constant surprises that increase the romantic aspect under threat of constant danger. If this movie was to be remade scene for scene for the American market it would be a sensation and make major stars of its young leads. Fernando Gonzales Molina, the director of this movie, should have been hired YESTERDAY to shoot an English-language version of this movie. One only hopes that the hero (or anti-hero) would be drawn from the ranks of America's melting pot rather than the androgynous white-bread actors currently in vogue, more suited to supporting roles in fresh-scented tampon commercials.

    The story, of a motor cycle street racer from a good family (gone bad in rebellion against the hypocrisy of his family) who invades the remote comfort zone of the rich high school girl who despises everything about him, yet is irresistibly drawn towards him, could be trite -- but never is in this fast-moving tale. The supporting characters in the related subplots provide tragic elements that time and again remind one of Romeo and Juliet in a high-speed modern setting.

    The most interesting thing about the lead characters is the way in which they change and mature. This is not a lovey-dovey romance that hits all the predictable points, but rather a tale of two people drawn towards one another in a relationship that cannot hope to succeed. This is one movie that will have every female in the audience blubbering into her handkerchief at the ending. Did I say it was romantic? Did I say that it absolutely kills with its constant juxtaposition of hard-partying action and quiet, romantic moments? The stars of this Spanish version, Mario Casas and Maria Valverde appear destined for long and successful careers based on their performances here.

    Have I raved enough about this movie? No, I haven't. If you have one romantic spark in your soul then see this movie. And PRAY that Hollywood doesn't screw it up in a dumb el-cheapo remake!

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    • Trivia
      It is based on the novel of the same name by Federico Moccia.
    • Quotes

      Narration: Suddenly you realize that everything is over

      H.: I'm going away for a while

      H.: To London

      H.: To Work

      Alejandro: That's a good idea.

      H.: I can't stay here

      Narration: There's no going back.

      Narration: You Feel It.

      Narration: And then you try to remember

      Narration: at what point it all began

      Narration: and you discover it started before you thought

      Narration: [Child Girl says Hello to the Boy Child. Both Smile] Long Before

      Narration: And it's at that moment

      Narration: You realize things happen only once

      Narration: And no matter how hard you try

      Narration: You'll never feel the same again

      Narration: You'll never again feel you're three meters above the sky.

      Narration: Three meters above the sky.

      [Ends]

    • Connections
      Followed by I Want You (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      A ras de cielo
      Written by Joaquín Polvorinos (as Pol) and Álex Pina

      Performed by Pol 3.14

      ©2010 Globomedia Música

      (p)2010 Globomedia Música

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    • Release date
      • December 3, 2010 (Spain)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Samolardan balandda
    • Filming locations
      • Puerto de Barcelona, Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Antena 3 Films
      • Antena 3 Televisión
      • Canal+ España
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,066,238
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 58m(118 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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