The couple made an elegant arrival on the red carpet of the 16th Lyon Light Festival, this Saturday, October 12, where their romance began two years earlier.
Like every year, the seventh art met at the Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon for the Lumière festival. Among the guests to be scrutinized on the red carpet of this 16th edition, a couple stood out from the crowd. It is the American director Tim Burton and his partner, the Italian actress Monica Bellucci. More complicit and in love than ever, the two lovebirds held hands, exchanged enamored smiles and kisses in the spotlight.
An elegant appearance
The one who plays the villain of the sequel to the cult film Beetlejuice, written and directed by Tim Burton, resplendent in a brown Saint Laurent off-the-shoulder dress, accessorized with a sequinned clutch. His companion, as usual, is a faithful subscriber of the black suit but that evening he had decorated it with a blue shirt.
If this appearance caused a sensation, it must have been just as much for those involved. Indeed, it is here in Lyon that their story of love and cinema was born two years ago. At the time, the American director received an award from… Monica Bellucci. And it will be necessary to wait until June 2023 for the couple to formalize their relationship. On this occasion, the 60-year-old Italian even indulged in some confidences about her feelings towards the filmmaker in the columns of the Elle. “What I can say… Is that I’m glad I met the man, first of all. “It’s one of those encounters that rarely happens in your life,” she summed up. And to conclude: “I love Tim. And I respect Tim Burton enormously.
Previously, the actress was married to Vincent Cassel for 14 years. Together, they have two daughters, Deva in 2004 and Léonie in 2010. The couple separated in 2013 and six years later, the actress fell under the spell of French sculptor Nicolas Lefebvre, before breaking up a few months later. Tim Burton, for his part, notably shared his life for 13 years with his favorite actress Helena Bonham Carter, with whom he had two children, Nell and Billy Raymond. Before being in a relationship with his muse, the director lived alongside the model Lisa Marie from 1993 to 2001. It is now on the arm of the Italian that the American flourishes.
