ADAPTED by Susan Charlotte from her three 9/11-themed one-act plays, and directed by Antony Marsellis, “A Broken Sole” is uneven, as are most multipart films.

Best is the opener, set on that fateful day, when a Columbia University professor (Judith Light) breaks a shoe heel walking from downtown and pleads with an opera-loving Hell’s Kitchen shoemaker (Danny Aiello) to make a hasty repair. The latter’s anger barely masks a grief that gradually reveals itself in a pair of beautifully modulated performances.

Shoes and classic films loosely connect the two other, far less successful segments, which are even more like photographed theater.

Laila Robins plays a control-freak real estate agent who, days after

9/11, argues with an obsessive cabbie (Bob Dishy). The final, most lighthearted episode takes place six months later and pits a travel agent (Margaret Colin) against her one-night stand, a dyslexic filmmaker (John Shea).

Running time: 97 minutes. Not rated (profanity, sexuality). At the Quad, 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues.