Monica Bellucci And Vincent Cassel Separate

The Italian actress and her French husband split after 17 years together - no reason is given for the divorce.

Italian actress Monica Bellucci and actor Vincent Cassel arrive for screening of 'Indigenes' at the 59th Cannes Film Festival
Image: The couple met while starring in the same film in 1996
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The Italian actress Monica Bellucci and her French husband, Vincent Cassel have split after 14 years of marriage.

The couple, who were together for 17 years, have two daughters. The news was announced by Italian press agency Ansa and French wires service AFP.

No further details were revealed.

The 48-year-old actress is currently filming award-winning director Emir Kusturica's On The Milky Road in Serbia.

Cassel is currently in France with the couple's daughters.

The award-winning actor is best-known to English-speaking audiences following his roles in Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen.

The 46-year-old was also in Black Swan.

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The couple had reportedly been leading separate lives for some time with each having an apartment in Paris and Rome.

Bellucci reportedly told Grazia magazine earlier this year: "Marriage, we never know how long it will last ... Today, it works, but in a year, I don't know."