EXCLUSIVE IMAGE: Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton share a passionate kiss after secretly dating
Italian actress Monica Bellucci and film producer Tim Burton shared a passionate kiss after it was revealed that they have been secretly dating for four months.
The couple linked arms as they took a romantic stroll on Valentine’s Day before stopping to kiss.
Tim, 64, wrapped an arm around Monica, 58, as they accessorized in matching black coats.
Monica added a few more inches to her body with a pair of black heels and a matching black bag.
They met 16 years ago, but are said to have started dating after seeing each other at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon in October.
Relationship: Italian actress Monica Bellucci and film producer Tim Burton shared a passionate kiss after it was revealed they had been secretly dating for four months.
Smooch: The couple linked arms as they took a romantic stroll on Valentine’s Day before stopping to lock lips
Romance: Tim wrapped an arm around Monica, as they accessorized in matching black coats.
Monica, 58, who was the guest of honor at the festival, presented Tim, 64, with the Lumiere award for lifetime achievement on stage when they became official.
When he was presented with the award, Tim said: “All my life together, I’ve never felt as much love as tonight.” Welcome to the best funeral I’ve ever had!
The couple was also seen heading to see a reproduction of Silent Documentary Film, directed in 1895 by the late French filmmaker Louis Lumiere.
paris party writes that Monica and Tim “met briefly on the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes in 2006, but it was only sixteen years later, behind the scenes of another festival, that they became closer.”
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci for more information.
Monica has been single since separating from artist Nicolas Lefebvre in 2019. She was previously married to Vincent Cassel from 1997 to 2013.
The former model met Cassel in 1996 on the set of the film l’Appartement by Gilles Mimouni. They have two daughters, Deva, who was born in 2004, and Leonie, who came into the world in 2010.
They were together for three years before tying the knot in a quiet ceremony in Monaco on the French Riviera.
Monica opened up about love in an interview with Paris Match in 2011 while she was still married to Cassel, admitting there’s “no rationality” for her when it comes to relationships.
She said: ‘I let myself be carried away by the moment and instinct. No rationality, just emotions. You love or you don’t love.
‘You don’t decide sitting around a table: OK, so I have two children, 16 years of married life, it would be nice for it to last, but how am I going to make it work?
Stylish: Monica added a few extra inches to her body with a pair of black heels and a matching black bag
Beloveds: They walked down the street holding hands.
Smitten: You first met 16 years ago, but are said to have started dating after seeing each other at the Lumière Film Festival in Lyon in October.
Host: Monica, 58, who was the guest of honor at the festival, presented Tim, 64, with the Lumiere Award for Lifetime Achievement on Stage when they became official.
When he was presented with the award, Tim said: “All my life together, I’ve never felt as much love as tonight.” Welcome to the best funeral I’ve ever had!
Spotted: The couple was also spotted heading to see a replay of the Silent Documentary Film, directed in 1895 by the late French filmmaker Louis Lumiere
Reconnected: Paris Match writes that Monica and Tim “briefly met on the steps of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes in 2006, but it was only sixteen years later, behind the scenes of another festival, that they became close.”
Candid: Monica opened up about love in an interview with Paris Match in 2011 while she was still married to Cassel, admitting there’s “no rationality” for her when it comes to relationships
She said: ‘I just go with the moment and instinct. No rationality, just emotions. You love or you don’t love.
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She said: ‘You don’t decide to sit around a table: OK, so I have two children, 16 years together, it would be nice to last, but how am I going to make it work?’
‘I don’t think at all that a couple is something of ‘you work’, as we say.’
Tim was famously in a relationship with The Crown actress Helena Bonham Carter, 56, but they sadly parted ways. in 2014.
The couple never married, but they were together for 13 years and share two children; son Billy, 20, and daughter Nell, 16.
Helena opened up about breaking up with Harper’s Bazaar magazine in 2016.
She said: “You go through massive pain – it’s the death of a relationship, so it’s completely unnerving.” Your identity, everything, changes.
I’m just saying, “I’m not myself right now, so be careful. Everyone always says you have to be strong and have a stiff upper lip, but it’s okay to be fragile.”
Helena and Tim got together in 2001 after he cast her as an ape in Planet of the Apes.
They lived in interconnected houses during their relationship, with each property decorated to their own personal tastes and styles.
Now in a relationship with writer Rye Dag Holmboe, 34, Helena told the Daily Mail’s Richard Eden in 2022 that she felt “very lucky” to have met him.
She said she had taken the step of choosing to share a home with her academic boyfriend, and even boosted her domestic happiness by adopting pet rabbits.
The couple met at a wedding in 2018.
Everything changed: Helena Bonham Carter and longtime partner Tim Burton split in late 2014 after 13 years together (pictured in 2012)
Past love: Monica was previously married to Vincent Cassel from 1997 to 2013 (pictured together in 2008)
Ready to party: Monica has been single since splitting with artist Nicolas Lefebvre in 2019 (pictured together that year)
Explaining how they met, he told The Guardian: “Something totally random, which we both almost didn’t go to, so it was one of those moments that was so serendipitous and ended up determining so much.” A really happy accident, and it’s an amazing thing.
Addressing the couple’s 22-year age difference, the actress previously said in an interview with The Times:
Everyone ages at a different rate. My boyfriend is incredibly mature.
He’s an old soul in a young body, what more could he want?
People are a little scared of older women, but he’s not. Women can be very powerful when they are older.