Monica Bellucci on the cover of Madame Figaro

The actress also remembers the adrenaline distilled by the cinema of that decade. “It was the great period of the Kassovitz, Kounen, Noé. We were young, transgressive and full of energy”, she underlines as if to signify her attachment to this clan. However, the actress who has shot around sixty feature films claims not to belong to any cinema family, having always oscillated between auteur films and global blockbusters, citing Malèna, Matrix and Asterix and Obélix as well as La Passion of Christ,thanking in the same way Philippe Garrel, Sam Mendes or Emir Kusturica. From her native Italy, she also says that she has kept a volcanic temperament and an instinct on edge “which however softened a lot in France. I learned the French art of mastery”, she adds in laughing. Besides, it’s time to fly away. Direction Rome and its cinematic destiny. Forward Monica!