Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton’s relationship didn’t last long. According to “Paris Match,” their separation, announced a few days earlier, actually occurred two months earlier. The reason? Their lives led at different paces. The director, absorbed by his projects in London, and the actress, very attached to Paris and her family, reportedly had difficulty seeing each other.
Their romance was a surprise… their breakup saddened. A few days after the announcement of Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton’s separation, the Italian actress chose to speak out. It was in the columns of Vogue Italia that she agreed to share her first words, full of tenderness, about the English director with whom she had formed one of the most unexpected and glamorous couples in cinema since 2023. Monica Bellucci agreed to comment on this breakup primarily because it coincides with the release of a joint project. In its anniversary edition, Vogue Italia unveiled a work imagined by Tim Burton to celebrate his muse’s 60th birthday. “The nighttime shots taken by Tim Burton in Bomarzo to celebrate Monica’s sixtieth birthday. A work born from the imaginative vision of the great director, who enthusiastically welcomed the idea of celebrating his muse in our magazine,” the magazine explained. For his part, Tim Burton describes this work as “a work of art born of a romantic impulse.” For the actress, these images will remain the symbol of an intense artistic adventure.
If love is no more, affection remains. Asked how she feels today, Monica Bellucci made no attempt to hide the emotion aroused by this turning of the page. “There are roads that, at a certain point, cross for a journey that continues forever… Tim’s path and mine met to travel a stretch of the road together, then parted ways again. But as long as I live, Tim will always have a unique place in my heart,” she confided to Vogue Italia. This Thursday, September 25, our colleagues at Paris Match revealed the reasons behind this sad breakup, “which dates back nearly two months,” according to the outlet. According to them, “Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton were only passing each other by. He, very busy with his numerous projects—including a remake of Attack of the 50-Foot Woman—lives mainly in London. While she prefers Paris, where she spends as much time as possible with her daughters, and follows her eldest, Deva, an aspiring actress, on set.” “Monica has always prioritized her family,” our colleagues concluded.
Their first meeting dates back to October 2022, during the Lumière Festival in Lyon. A few months later, in February 2023, they made their relationship official. A little over a year was enough to build an artistic and personal bond that, today, has become an affectionate memory. Through the photographs now published, Monica Bellucci and Tim Burton leave the trace of a fleeting love, sublimated by creativity.
