Tim Burton, 64, and Monica Bellucci, 58, shake hands on a walk in Madrid

Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci looked every inch the happy couple as they held hands during an afternoon stroll in Madrid, Spain this week.

The film director, 64, and the model, 58, put on a cozy display after it was recently revealed that they have been secretly dating for the past four months.

Monica cut a modern figure for the outing, wearing a black v-neck top along with a matching pair of pants.

The Italian beauty dressed for the day in a black coat and added height to her frame with a matching pair of boots.

Carrying a black bag, Monica completed her outfit with a pair of sunglasses.

Couple: The film director, 64, and the model, 58, put on a cozy display after it was recently revealed that they have been secretly dating for the last four months

Tim also went for an all-black look, wearing a jacket with a matching shirt and skinny jeans.

The couple looked in high spirits in the outing, which comes after they were recently spotted kissing for the first time.

Monica and Tim 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.

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 had 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.

Outfit: Monica cut a modern figure for the outing, wearing a black v-neck top along with a matching pair of pants

Style: The Italian beauty wrapped up for the day in a black coat and added height to her frame with a matching pair of boots

Casual: Tim also went for an all-black look, wearing a jacket with a matching shirt and skinny jeans.

Trip: The couple looked in high spirits on the outing, which comes after they were recently spotted kissing for the first time

Backstory: Monica and Tim 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.

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?

‘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.

First Meeting: Paris Match 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 close.”

Relationships: Monica had been single since splitting with artist Nicolas Lefebvre in 2019. She was previously married to Vincent Cassel from 1997 to 2013.

In the past: the former model met Cassel in 1996 on the set of the film l’Appartement by Gilles Mimouni

Family: They have two daughters, Deva, who was born in 2004, and Leonie, who came into the world in 2010

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

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.

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)

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.