Home Showbiz Cassel-Bellucci, Cotillard-Canet… These separated star couples who remained on very good terms

Cassel-Bellucci, Cotillard-Canet… These separated star couples who remained on very good terms

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A love story doesn’t always end in anger and resentment. On the world of celebrities, more than one personality has maintained good relations with their former partner.

The proof in images at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival during which Vincent Cassel made laudatory comments about his ex-wife Monica Bellucci, just like Guillaume Canet with Marion Cotillard.

Overview of these couples who saw the flame go out, but never stopped showing their tenderness for each other.

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Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci

Cassel-Bellucci, Cotillard-Canet… These separated star couples who remained on very good terms

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Married in 1999, the couple divorced in 2013 after giving birth to two daughters, Deva and Léonie. Since then, the two actors have remained on good terms. Monica Bellucci also declared to Point shortly after their separation that there will “always be love between us”. Comments confirmed by Vincent Cassel in other media.

During an interview given to France 3 Côte d’Azur during the Cannes Film Festival, the actor proved that their relationship was still going strong by describing his ex-wife as “the one who best embodied cinema” and “the living incarnation of the seventh art in its most beautiful expression”.

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Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet

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They were one of the most popular couples in French cinema. Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet had a story since 2007, after ten years of friendship. Very discreet during their relationship, they finally announced the end of their relationship in June 2025 after welcoming two children, Marcel and Louise.

Despite their breakup, both maintained a deep respect for each other, including on a professional level. Their last collaboration took place within the framework of the film Karmapresented at the Cannes Film Festival. At the end of the screening, Guillaume Canet also wanted to thank the actress for her “exceptional performance”, ensuring that he wrote this feature film for her. Near Southwesthe declared that he “want to work with her again”.

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Bruce Willis et Demi Moore

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Since their marriage ended in 1998, the two actors have remained good friends. They even confined themselves together during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 to be with their daughters, Rumer, Scout LaRue and Tallulah Belle.

Three years later, they were reunited under the same roof again under delicate circumstances. Demi Moore insisted on moving into the actor’s house and his wife, Emma Heming, to support him in the face of his serious health problems. She also got involved with her new partner by accompanying her to charity galas to raise funds for research.

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Vincent Lindon and Sandrine Kiberlain

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They met in 1993 on the set of the film The Unsolvedhad two children, then separated in 2004. Although more than two decades have passed since the end of their relationship, the two actors have not stopped talking to each other. They even played together on the big screen twice: in Miss Chambon in 2009 and in Another world en 2021, tous deux réalisés par Stéphane Brizé. 

“With Vincent, we get along very well in lifebut also in the game, and Brizé offered us very beautiful characters that we didn’t want to miss,” confided Sandrine Kiberlain to Télérama in 2024.

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Jennifer Garner et Ben Affleck

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Married from 2005 to 2017, Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have maintained a good relationship to preserve their three children, Violet Anne, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth and Samuel. “He is the love of my life. He is the most brilliant, the most charismatic, the most generous person. He’s just a complicated guy,” the actress confided to Vanity Fair in 2016.

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Miranda Kerr et Orlando Bloom

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Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom were a couple from 2007 to 2013, including six years married. Since then, they have continued to hang out for the well-being of their son, Flynn, born in 2011. In 2023, on the occasion of the model’s birthday, the actor had slipped a few words “to an incredible mother, partner and friend”.

Over the years, both have managed to keep their relationship intact. “Since our separation, we have done real work of forgiveness. It was important to forgive ourselves and create a space of peace in the situation,” confided Miranda Kerr in the podcast We need to talk a February 2026.