Monica Bellucci turns 55 without fear of the passage of time
The iconic actress of Italian elegance, sensuality and style breaks the molds that stigmatize age in women
Monica Bellucci, an icon of Italian elegance, sensuality and style, as well as a reference in the world of fashion and interpretation, turns 55 this Monday without stopping working and breaking the molds that stigmatize women over 50 years. "After 50, a woman can still have a lot of fun," declared the actress in an interview with La Repubblica newspaper a couple of years ago and continues to do so.
A month ago he presented at the Venice Film Festival the new montage, in chronological and conventional order, of the controversial film Irreversible, by Gaspar Noé, which was screened for the first time in 2002 and in which he shares the bill with his ex-husband, the French Vincent Cassel, with whom he coincided in the new premiere. A year ago, she got on the runway again, something she hadn't done since 1992, to open the parade for the presentation of the spring-summer collection of this past season by Dolce & Gabbana, of whom the actress is a historical muse.
Although she has been considered a sex symbol since her origins and throughout her career she has exploited that facet on multiple occasions, she has always tried to put her talent before her beauty and to banish clichés. "I'm almost 53 years old and I'm still working, so I don't think it's just about beauty," the actress told this newspaper during her visit to the San Sebastian Film Festival in September 2017. “Beauty can help, but true beauty is a state of mind. If you are not beautiful on the inside, it is difficult to be on the outside ”, she added.
The Interpreter of Dracula by Bram Stoker, by Francis Ford Coppola; Giuseppe Tornatore's Malèna, from Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions, has never had a problem with age and faces the passage of time with enthusiasm and philosophy. “I don't know if I have reached wisdom. Maybe I am not interested. But I'm glad I'm still alive Getting old is the only way to have a long life. The passage of time does not bother me, if I am healthy. You look at your body that is changing and you think that it is somewhat decadent but inside you are the same, you feel the emotions as before, "he declared in an interview with Marie Claire magazine last year.
Bellucci, who first stepped on the catwalk at the age of 16 and was the first Italian to be godmother at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003, prefers to live now without nostalgia. “I live the present well, what's more, I feel better than before. My daughters grow up, I have more time to dedicate myself to myself, I swim, I do Pilates, I go out with the people I love. I have found a new harmony with myself. True, the years go by, but the minds of women are like wine, it improves over the years and I have thousands of projects underway ”, she declared last April during the presentation of an anti-wrinkle cream of which she is an image. “The key word is respect for oneself. It is what I teach my daughters, she declared. The diva lives in France with her two daughters, Deva, 15 years old and who has already begun to take her first steps in the world of fashion with Dolce & Gabbana and Leonie, six years younger, both the fruit of their marriage. with Cassel, from whom he separated 6 years ago.
The actress made public last July her break with the French sculptor Nicolas Lefebvre, 37. "At the age of 54, I am living a magnificent moment of my existence, like a re-found freedom," he then told Vanity Fair magazine. When she separated from her previous husband, the diva pointed out to the same magazine that she had always had a partner by her side and that the break up had served her well to focus on herself. “I would like to convey this same message to my daughters so that they are aware that it is not mandatory to have a husband or a partner. Loneliness should not scare us ”, he declared.
