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A woman stands at a window, a man resting behind her resting his forehead on the back of her head. Her expression is serene as she looks outward.

Three Goodbyes Tre Ciotole

  Isabel Coixet  |  Italy, Spain

After what seemed like a trivial argument, Marta (Alba Rohrwacher) and Antonio (Elio Germano) break up. Reeling from heartache, gym teacher Marta withdraws into herself, completely losing her appetite and enthusiasm for life and finding solace in a lifesize K-pop idol cardboard standee. Antonio, a chef, throws himself into his skyrocketing career. Even though he was the one who ended things, he can’t seem to get her off his mind. When Marta discovers that her loss of appetite has more to do with her health than her grief, everything changes: the taste of food, the feel of music, romantic desires, and the certainty of choices made.

At once disarming and devastating, Three Goodbyes is a bittersweet tale of love lost and found—for oneself, for others, and for the joys in life. With gentleness and a touch of humor, celebrated Catalan auteur Isabel Coixet eloquently adapts Michela Murgia’s autobiographical best-seller, crafting a guide for how to navigate life circumstances that create a clear delineation between a before and an after with grit and grace.

 Italian 

 122 minutes

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Film Credits

  •   Massimo Di Rocco, Luigi Napoleone, Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Francesca Longardi, Marisa Fernández Armenteros, Sandra Hermida, Carlo Gavaudan, Marco Miana
  •   Enrico Audenino, Isabel Coixet, from the romance of Michela Murgia
  •   Jordi Azategui
  •   Guido Michelotti
  •   Alba Rohrwacher, Elio Germano, Silvia D'Amico, Galatea Bellugi
  •   Alfonso Viallonga
  •   Cattleya, Ruvido Produzioni, Bartlebyfilm, Buenapinta Media, Bteam Prods, Colosé Producciones, Perdición Films, Apaches Entertainment, Tres Cuencos, Vision Distribution, RTVE, with the support of INCAA

Sponsors

With support from

logo: CinecittàLogo: Italian Ministry of Culture / Cinema Audiovisivo179x80Consulate General of ItalyLogo: Italian Cultural Institute - 200x100

Co-presented by

logo: Crying at the Shed 2026

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