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Salma Hayek gets close to her ex-fiancé

Actress and Francois-Henri Pinault spotted together at soccer match

Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault called off their engagement in July

The crowd couldn't stop staring at Salma Hayek and her ex, billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, at Sunday's soccer game in the French city of Rennes.

But the two high-profile spectators only had eyes for each other.

"They were very together," said one fan who sat near the couple as local team Rennes FC took on rival Sochaux. "They talked a lot during the match and exchanged tender looks. ... They seemed very much in synch with each other."

Hayek and Pinault, a luxury goods mogul, have a 14-month-old daughter, Valentina Paloma. They called off their engagement in July, just 10 months after her birth.

But in recent weeks, it seems the very private pair make be moving toward a reconciliation.

Just last month, Pinault and the 30 Rock guest star were spotted looking cozy in L.A. and back in his native France. (They spent a long weekend in Paris, and even attended a fashion show together.)

Their soccer outing in Rennes marked the couple's first public appearance in Pinault's hometown – a city of extreme importance in his family's billion-dollar