Jeudi 12 décembre, Neymar Jr, Olivier Rousteing, Monica Bellucci, Virginie Effira et Jean Paul Gaultier étaient au côté de Babeth Djian, présidente d’honneur de l’association AEM et directrice du magazine Numéro, pour la quartozième édition du dîner de gala de l’association AEM au bénéfice des enfants du Rwanda au Pavillon Ledoyen-Yannick Alléno.

Babeth Djian, entourée notamment de fidèles amis parmi lesquels Jean Paul Gaultier, Olivier Rousteing, Alber Elbaz, Lou Doillon, Neymar Jr., Monica Bellucci, Laetitia Casta, Virginie Effira… a remercié chaleureusement les participants et les grandes maisons de mode, dont la générosité permet à AEM d’agir dans les domaines de l’éducation, de la nutrition et de la santé pour offrir aux enfants du Rwanda une vie digne et un avenir.

Monica Belluci attends the “Maria Callas – Lettres & Memoires” By Tom Volf Book Signing at Maxim’s on December 10, 2019 in Paris, France.

French Movie Stars Flock to Ralph Lauren Screening

Isabelle Adjani, Marisa Berenson, Monica Bellucci and Laetitia Casta were among guests at the swanky evening, which culminated with a sumptuous dinner amid thousands of red roses, some bouquets as big as wrecking balls.

“So moving,” Berenson swooned after the screening, which included reams of family movies of the American designer, his wife Ricky and their three children. “It’s rare to find a family that’s so united. That message of love and real family values — nothing superficial about it. He encourages people to follow their dreams and to believe in them.”

The designer was headed to London for the final stop of his European tour, following screenings of the Susan Lacy movie in Berlin and Moscow. (c)

Monica Bellucci yesterday presented two cartoons at the 11th Lyon Lumiere Festival – “Irréversible” and “Asterix Mission Cleopatre”. Together with the actress, Gaspar Noé climbed onto the stage where the audience asked questions about the new re-release of the 2002 film “Irréversible”, later, along with Gerard Darmon and Alain Chabat, Monica presented “Asterix Mission to Cleopatra” released the same year.

The growing popularity of France’s Lumiere Festival is a sure sign of a wider interest in classic cinema worldwide. The starry guestlist for this month’s event in Lyon includes Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Frances McDormand, Bong Joon Ho, Gael Garcia Bernal, Donald Sutherland, Gaspar Noé and Monica Bellucci.

The festival, which runs from October 12-20, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. It was set up in 2009 by Cannes Film Festival delegate general Thierry Frémaux in his role as director of the Institut Lumiere in Lyon, the museum and cinematheque devoted to the legacy of local cinema pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumiere.

Carlotta Films will be among many classic film distributors in Lyon this year. Titles from its upcoming slate in the selection include Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 1998 drama Flowers Of Shanghai as well as Noé’s remastered Irreversible (2002) and re-edited Irreversible — Straight Cut. (c)

“L’Italia è fondamentale per il cinema mondiale, perché il cinema italiano con Fellini, Rossellini, Visconti, De Sica, rappresenta l’ispirazione per il cinema di tutto il mondo. Per il fatto di essere un’attrice italiana all’estero mi sento sempre circondata da molto affetto, ed è sempre bello quando arrivo in paesi così lontani poter comunicare con il mondo intero grazie ai film che fai”. Così Monica Bellucci commenta l’importanza del cinema del nostro paese per il mondo, a poche ore dall’accordo tra l’Academy Museum e Cinecittà.
“Questa relationship tra Italia e Hollywood è completamente nuova -aggiunge la Bellucci- e questo museo che sarà creato per riconoscere il cinema italiano ci deve far sentire ancora più orgogliosi di essere italiani”.