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Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci Announce Split in Joint AFP Statement

A brief joint note to AFP emphasized mutual respect with no further details.

Overview

  • The filmmakers confirmed their separation on September 19 in a coordinated message that cited “much respect and deep affection.”
  • Neither party offered reasons for the breakup, and there have been no additional statements beyond the communiqué.
  • Coverage traces the timeline from a 2022 reunion at the Festival Lumière in Lyon to a public debut as a couple at the Rome Film Festival in 2023.
  • Outlets describe the relationship as lasting about two to nearly three years, reflecting differing ways of counting its start.
  • Their personal and professional lives overlapped with Bellucci’s role in Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024), noted as a North American box-office success, with their last public sightings at European festivals in mid‑2025.