A surefire sign that spooky season is, in fact, upon us: Italian actor Monica Bellucci and macabre filmmaker Tim Burton recently announced with a joint statement that they are no longer a couple .

“It is with much respect and deep care for each other that Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton have decided to part ways,” read the note released by the pair to the AFP agency on Friday. Those words suggest the breakup was amicable, a sentiment echoed by Bellucci herself in an interview with Vogue Italia —her first since confirming the split. “There are roads that, at a certain point, cross for a path that continues forever…Tim’s road and mine met to make a path together and then split again,” said Bellucci. “As long as I live, however, Tim will always have a unique place in my heart.”

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