Filming for Rhinos Season is not done yet! Pictures of director Bahman Ghobadi and Monica Bellucci were taken today in the Cappadocian region of Turkey, where the the last scenes for the movie will be shot in the next days.

Candids > Candids from 2011 > Arriving in Cappadocia

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]

According to Italian press, Monica Bellucci is currently considered for the title role in Fausto Brizzi’s upcoming project Sex 3D, a funny comedy about the Italian way of living sex. Italian actor and comedian Fabio De Luigi will be starring in the movie, which will be entirely shot in 3d, while the production is still looking for a female co-star. No comments were released by Monica’s rep by the way, so this is only a rumour.

In the meantime, check out some new candids from Turkey (little news: this morning Vincent Cassel and little Deva joined Monica and Léonie in Istanbul) and stills from the making of Rhinos Season!

Movies > Rhinos Season > Making of [Stills]
Candids from 2011 > Out and about with Belçim Bilgin and Yilmaz Erdogan
Candids from 2011 > Having dinner with Bahman Ghobadi

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 Bellucci has arrived in Istanbul (Turkey) on March 5, and is currently staying at the Aida Hotel with 8-months daughter Léonie while shootings for Bahman Ghobadi’s Rhinos Season are starting.

And there come the trivia on the movie: Monica Bellucci is said to have refused to let actress Tuba Büyüküstün play a younger version of her character – Turkish medias are reporting that she insisted on doing it herself,  asking to make her look older for most of the scenes.

We have uploaded in the gallery some pictures of Monica arriving in Istanbul (don’t miss her new haircut, she looks great!) and playing with co-star Caner Cindoruk. Pictures are MQ, but we’ll keep looking for better quality ones.

Candids > Candids from 2011 > Arriving in Istanbul
Movies > Rhinos Season > Making of [Stills]

As we had previously reported, Monica Bellucci is going to Turkey next month, where shootings for Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi’s Gergedanlar Mevsimi (Rhinos Seasons) are about to begin. Monica is playing the wife of Berhouz Vossoughi (while young actress Beren Saat is playing her daughter), and will reportedly come to ?stanbul between March 5 to 20 for the shootings.

Monica Bellucci herself has confirmed the rumour:

«The movie is set before and after the Iranian revolution. I’m playing an Iranian woman. It is a political movie, but it is first of all about a great love story.»

As for Jagmohan Mundhra’s much anticipated biopic Sonia (a movie about Sonia Gandhi, Monica is rumored to be playing the leading role since 2005), she says:

«I know. But I haven’t received the script yet. Sonia Gandhi is a huge personality and you have to make a movie that respects her. We’ll see.»

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Come abbiamo riportato qualche giorno fa, Monica Bellucci sarà in Turchia il mese prossimo, dove inizieranno le riprese di Gergedanlar Mevsimi (L’ epoca dei rinoceronti), del regista curdo e vincitore della Palma d’oro Bahman Ghobadi. Monica interpreterà la moglie di Berhouz Vossoughi (mentre la giovane attrice Beren Saat interpreterà sua figlia), e sarà a Istanbul orientativamente tra il 5 e il 20 marzo per le riprese.

La stessa Monica Bellucci ha confermato la voce:

«Il film è ambientato prima e durante la rivoluzione in Iran. Interpreterò una donna iraniana. E’ un film politico, ma è prima di tutto una grande storia d’amore.»

Per quanto riguarda il film di Jahmohan Mundhra, il chiacchieratissimo Sonia (una biopic su Sonia Gandhi, si vocifera che Monica debba interpretarla fin dal 2005), dice:

«Ho saputo. Ma non ho ancora ricevuto il copione. onia Gandhi è una figura femminile epocale, bisogna realizzare un film che la rispetti, che ne sia all’ altezza. Vedremo.»