Monica Bellucci thinks her children are prodigies.

The Italian actress – who has Deva, eight, and two-year-old Leonie, with her French husband Vincent Cassel – is stunned by her young daughters’ multilingual skills and many talents and doesn’t know where they get them from.

Monica mused: “I don’t know; they’re not me, they’re not Vincent. They’re just themselves. I said to my kids that they are already better than me, ‘You speak Portuguese without any accent, I don’t. You play the piano, I don’t. And you’re only eight. You’ll be amazing.”

‘The Matrix Reloaded’ star is known for her glamorous look, but insists she doesn’t live a luxurious lifestyle and the most important things to her are family and friends.

She explained: “For me luxury is freedom. The freedom to go where I want to go and do what I want to do. I’m more attached to people than things. That’s why I have a family and a lot of friends because I like women, they inspire me. But things? No.”

The 48-year-old beauty thinks her Italian heritage is deeply rooted in her nature and despite the jet-setting lifestyle her career affords her, she will always be Italian at heart.

She added to Stylist magazine: “Even though I travel around the world, I’m Italian; it’s in my heart and I think I really am the place where I come from. I like the food, seeing my friends and my family is very important; all that comes from my culture. I keep Italian traditions going without even realising. It’s in my DNA.”

Source: FemaleFirst

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Monica Bellucci è nota per il suo look glamour, ma racconta di non avere uno stile di vita particolarmente sfarzoso, perché i valori più importanti per lei restano la famiglia e gli amici. “Per me il vero lusso è la libertà. La libertà di andare dove voglio e fare quello che preferisco. Sono più attaccata alla gente che alle cose. Ecco perché ho una famiglia e un sacco di amici”, ha raccontato Monica Bellucci alla rivista ‘Stylist’.

L’attrice è mamma di due bambini di 8 e 2 anni, avute dal marito Vincent Cassel, e nell’intervista ha raccontato al magazine di essere molto impressionata dalle precoci capacità dimostrate dalle figlie nella loro tenera età. “Non sono come me e neanche come Vincent. Sono loro stesse e sono molto meglio di me”, ha detto l’attrice alla rivista ‘Stylist’. “Loro parlano portoghese senza accento, io no. Suonano il piano, io non sono capace e per giunta sono così piccole”.

La 48enne Monica ritiene che il patrimonio italiano è profondamente radicata in lei e nella sua natura. E nonostante sia inserita nel jet set grazie alla sua carriera, si sente profondamente italiana nel cuore. “Anche se viaggio in tutto il mondo, sono italiana. Nel mio cuore c’è il paese dove sono nata. Amo il cibo, vedere i miei amici e la mia famiglia, tutto quello che proviene dalla mia cultura. Continuo a mantenere le mie tradizioni italiane senza neanche rendermene conto. L’Italia è nel mio dna”.

Fonte: LaPresse

Good news for Brazilian fans: according to Brazilian medias, Monica Bellucci and husband Vincent Cassel have enrolled their daughters Deva (7) and Léonie (2) in a Rio de Janeiro school. This means they have officially moved from Europe to Brazil for the next months – don’t forget Monica and Vincent are about to shoot their 9th movie together next winter in Rio.

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Buone notizie per i fans brasiliani: secondo la stampa brasiliana, Monica Bellucci e il marito Vincent Cassel hanno iscritto le figlie Deva (7) e Léonie (2) in una scuola di Rio de Janeiro. Questo significa che la famiglia si sarebbe ufficialmente trasferita dall’Europa al Brasile per i prossimi mesi – non dimentichiamo che a Rio Monica e Vincent gireranno il loro nono film insieme il prossimo inverno.

Source | Fonte: Ego

Shootings for Des Gens Qui S’Embrassent have just begun in Saint Tropez, France. Check out these brand new stills of Monica and co-star Kad Merad on a yatch – you can also spot little Léonie at some point!

The whole crew will be staying in St. Tropez until June 8, then the filming will move to Paris.

Here are 20 MQ candid pictures of Monica at Linate airport, while leaving Milan with daughter Léonie and the nanny.

Monica was spotted this morning with adorable 21 months daughter Léonie while leaving Malpensa International Airport in Milan, Italy. Monica is expected to be at Dolce&Gabbana’s fashion show this saturday sunday. It’s been a while since we have seen Léonie, she is getting so big!

Here is a video taken by Turkish medias – you can even spot Vincent Cassel, little Deva and Léonie!

More candids from Istanbul! Looks like Monica’s Turkish journey has come to the end – filming for her scenes in Bahman Ghobadi’s Rhinos Season is complete and now she is just enjoying the beautiful city of Istanbul with husband Vincent Cassel, who joined her a few days ago.

Enjoy a few pictures we have added to the gallery. And don’t miss a super-cute family portrait of Monica, Vincent and adorable Léonie (Deva was not pictured) having lunch at Suada Club today!

Candids > Candids from 2011 > Family lunch at Suada Club
Candids > Candids from 2011 > Leaving Hotel with Vincent
Candids > Candids from 2011 > Having dinner with Bahman Ghobadi
Movies > Rhinos Season > Making of [Stills]

Monica was spotted on March 14 in Istanbul, spending some free time between takes at some luxury stores with daughter Léonie and Turkish actress Belçim Erdo?an. Also, enjoy some new MQ stills from the making of Rhinos Seasons.

Movies > Rhinos Season > Making of [Stills]
Candids from 2011 > Out and about with Belçim Erdo?an and baby Léonie

More pictures are coming: Monica is Moscow, Russia, at the moment, for some event we still don’t know much about. Fashion designer Stefano Gabbana tweeted a great shot a few minutes ago, you can check it out here!

Stay tuned!

Monica is on April’s French Marie Claire! Here is the cover (courtesy of PurePeople) and a few excerpts from the interview – we’ll be uploading the full scans as soon as we have them. If you are able to get the magazine and to scan it for us, let us know!

“I can bring my daughters with me and breastfeed on a plate. If I want to take five months off, I do. My way of living has changed the rules of society. I have a borderline life. I do not belong to anybody, I do not depend on anybody. That said, this is freedom!”

“I don’t really have the time to leave, I am always staying with my daughters. But that has never been a sacrifice to me. I became an adult because of them. I could give my life for them, they’re my priority.”

“I’m more in peace with myself, I’m less anxious. I am ready to reach death and face it, I am willing to get old and see my body changing and abandoning me, reaching the point where the wrap is no longer important.”

“I never wanted a Man of my life. I used to think it was an anachronism, a bit old style, a bit silly. Life has shown me that it was not what I really thought, I am really attached to love “.

“When we get together [with husband Vincent Cassel and daughters Deva and Léonie], we all sleep in the same bed like gipsies.”