A Story About A Character Discoverying they have a terminal illness and setting out to live their life as they have before is a well-trodden premium. Getting It Right Oncecreen is a Whoo Other Story. Directed by Isabel Coixet, From a Screenplay She Co-Wrote with Enrico Audenino, and Based on the Novel by Michela Murgia, Three goodbyes(Three ciotole in Italian) isn’t just About Marta’s (Alba Rohrwacher) Illness; It ‘subout the ending of a relationship, the Different reactions it elicits, and what one decides to do with their life thereaFter.
The film Begins with Martha (Alba Rohrwacher), A High School Teacher, and Her partner, Antonio (Elio Germano), a chef, in the midst of an argument. It sounds like one they’ve had multiple times before, only this one ends their relationships permanently. Antonio Up and Leaves Marta, WHO is devastated. For a while, she’s a shell of a person – she doesn’t go out and refuses the help of her sister. Antonio, Meanwhile, Dives Headfirst into His Work. When Marta Discovers she’s got Cancer, she must take a thorough look at her life before.
Three goodbyes is a Beautifully Told Story About A Woman’s Choice to Embrace The Changes that have altered her life in one way or another.
This Summary doesn’t will Three goodbyes Justice. It ‘s visceral film that gets to the Heart of Marta’s Life. We’ve all wondered, at one point or another, what ours lives have ben like we’d realized something sooner, if we’d only decided to leave a relationship that was no longer. Martha Grieves Her Relationship and the Approaching End of Her Life, but she finds she’s in a Much Happier Place than she ben had had reciped her diagnosis.
This is reflected in the way marta Presents Herself, The Slight Tilt of Rohrwacher’s Head, or the Way Her Lips to up in a semi-smile that expresses her sadness and happy at Once. The Way She Reacts to the Dissolution of Her Relationship with Antonio is Much Different. He SEEMS OKAY AT FIRST, butn, we are the narrative underscores How Bad he feels and how Much and Misses Marta, we realie how the decision has affected both of say – for better and workse.
Three goodbyes is a love letter to life & self-discovery
Marta Starts to see her life as a FRESH Start, Expressing Her Feelings to Those Around Her, Including A Fellow Teacher (Francesco Carril), freely and with love in her Heart. In Mory Ways, Three goodbyes is a love letter to life as Much as it is about marta’s self-discovery. She learns how to live the way she didn’t before, and embrace the exploration of what she wants and doesn’t. Here, life is a cool drink of water, and Martha is Thirsty for it.
Three goodbyes is a Beautifully Told Story About A Woman’s Choice to Embrace The Changes that have altered her life in one way or another. IT’S A GROUNDED, HUMAN Story that underscores the idea that what May SEEM INEVITABLE ISN’T Always the Worst Thing, if Can Feel That Way at First. Consding that monks died of Kidney Cancer in 2023 and the story is semi-autobiographical, Three goodbyes is an intimate, Moving Exploration of a Woman on the verge of eararting what she wants to live for in the time she has lefts.
The film could’ve fallen into clichéd rhythms, butto coixet and audenino handle with so Much care and thoughtfulness. There’s an emotional resonance that permeates the film and strands your Heart with an ACHE SO STROND THAT IT’S DIFFICULT TO WALK AWAY WITH AFFECTED BEING.
Three goodbyes Premiered at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival.
- Release Date
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October 9, 2025
- Runtime
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120 minutes
- Directory
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Isabel Coixet
- Wriers
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Enrico Audenino, Isabel Coixet, Michela Murgia
- Producers
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Riccardo Tozzi
