“I never think I direct actors well, but I choose them very well”

In the same way that good wine or lettuce bread are hallmarks of Valladolid, it could be said that Isabel Coixet is already hallmark of Seminci. Yesterday it was his turn – for the third time – to inaugurate the festival, the first in the period of José Luis Cienfuegos … He already did it twice with Javier Angulo, with whom he also closed, bringing Juliette Binoche by the hand to receive an Honorary Spike. Years before, with Juan Carlos Frugone at the helm, he was commissioned to film a spot to commemorate the festival’s golden anniversary.

Another great number, the 70th edition, brought her back to Valladolid to present ‘Tres adioses’, the big screen adaptation of the novel ‘Three bowls’, by Michela Murgia. In the film, received with applause, reports Ical, the director gives “a twist” to her “always obsessions” to tell a story about “more than how to die well, how to live well knowing that we are going to die.” He said this in his meeting with the media after the premiere of the film, which already has 240,000 spectators in ten days in Italy.

He explained there that the adaptation was not easy, but he was always clear about the actors. Both Alba Rochrwacher and Elio Germano were his first two choices, while the character of Francesco Carril was written specifically for him. “I never think that I direct actors well, but I think that I choose them very well,” he said about it.

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