The film was inspired by a story written by Luciano Vincenzoni. This Stephen Hopkins thriller is a decent watch, mostly remembered for its interrogation room sequence where a breathtaking Bellucci smokes a cigarette blatantly in front of Morgan Freeman.Ī significantly weird Italian drama, Sanguepazzo - which means Wild Blood - is a film where Bellucci is frequently found mid-romp with other enviable ladies. Malena is a romantic tragedy drama released in 2000 featuring Monica Bellucci and Giuseppe Sulfaro in lead roles.It was directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore. But the actress dials up the oomph to almost caricaturish levels here, and it’s hard not to fall for her charms. M anuale d’amore 3 isn’t in any way a fine film, despite the presence of Robert De Niro alongside Bellucci. In The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee - a weak film with a top-notch cast - Bellucci mostly wears long, flowing dresses and has the overall impact of a goddess who doesn’t mind being photographed. There aren’t too many positives about the Matrix sequels, but seeing Bellucci play Persephone, stunning wife to the evil Merovingian, surely rates as a worth-the-ticket-price highlight.Īgain, not a great film by any means, but Bellucci’s Cleopatra was a marked improvement even on the iconic historical figure, gloriously looking well worth worshipping and putting on currency.įrancis Ford Coppola’s film was an intriguing gothic adaptation with a weirdly miscast Keanu Reeves at its core as Count Dracula himself, but all was redeemed by a young Bellucci sultrily playing one of Dracula’s brides.
In this nutty comic-book style film made on visual steroids, Bellucci played a prostitute called Donna - in keeping with the rest of the film, she was, naturally, impossibly hot.
The first time most of us had our jaws dropped by Monica Bellucci, she played the sensational subject of a schoolboy’s fantasies in this beautiful Italian drama. Before we let her make us jealous of Daniel Craig, here are 10 movies where she made us gape: