Jacques Audiard's Rust & Bone

[Crockett]

Jacques Audiard, who is most famously directed A Prophet has a new film with Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenarts as the leads. Not so much details is known about the plot but it's being described as a romantic film. There is a plot in the Imdb threads but I worry it's revealing too much but for those who are interested, here's it.

Spoiler

Alain van Versch (Matthias Schoenarts)is 25 years old and lives in the North. He has no money and has never had any. When you’re young and alone, money is not a problem. It becomes one when the girl with whom you have had a child places it in your hands. Now, obviously, Ali has a problem: his name is Sam, and he’s five years old.

Running on and running out of ideas Ali calls his sister who lives in Antibes in the south. This is where the father and the child who don’t know each other will find shelter for the winter, in the basement of a house.

Ali agrees with the song: misery is less painful in the sun. He does odd jobs: night watchman, bouncer … And it is in a nightclub, le Fever, that he meets Stéphanie (Marion Cotiilard). She is 28 years old, she is blonde, she’s beautiful. It is a princess with an incredible occupation: orca trainer at the Aquatic Park in Antibes.

Ali accompanies her home and leaves her his number, but nothing is possible between them. A princess does not go out with a guy like Ali.

It takes the orca presentation show to turn into drama and Stéphanie to lose both her legs before a phone call in the middle of the night connects them again.

When Ali finds Stéphanie, packed in a wheelchair, alone in her new special needs apartment, he understands what a princess is who has lost her legs. A Princess fallen from above.

Between them will grow a relationship that is special, carnal and codified. And when Ali participates in illegal fights to save her life, she will become his manager.

Anyway, I seriously can't wait to get more details about this, with the combination of the talents involved, Cotillard is a fantastic actress and I like that she's going back doing French films now and then, and Schoenarts...he's simply brilliant in Bullhead. Seriously go watch that film. Since this has wrapped up the production I think we will see more of this in Cannes.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I really hope Schoenaerts gets more work, he delivers an utterly astounding & mesmerizing performance in Bullhead. Anyway, after the excellent A Prophet, this film definitely has the potential to be one of the very best films of 2012.

 

[Mandalore464]

Can't wait for this film. Jacques Audiard is one of the great French directors of his generation.

I've just noticed on the IMDB page that the executive producer on this film is a guy I know who runs a small production company near where I live. I'm shocked! In a good way.

 

[Crockett]

Offical look at Cotillard.



http://www.cinemateaser.com/2012/04/41728-premiere-photo-pour-de-rouille-et-d’os-de-jacques-audiard-avec-marion-cotillard-et-matthias-schoenaerts

 

[kvz5]

The French trailer is out.

 

[FamilyGuy827]

http://www.cinemapulse.com/news/french-trailer-for-rust-bone-starring-marion-cotillard.html

Looks pretty spectacular.

 

[Crockett]

It looks ****ing superb.

A French poster has appeared, alongside 4 new images.

 

[kvz5]

The poster and those new pics are lovely.

 

[kvz5]

Based on the Cannes screening reactions, the movie delivered big time. Matthias is a revelation and Cotillard will be Oscar bound.

 

[Crockett]

Yeah, it's good to hear that Audiard has delivered yet another solid film. Schoenarts is destined to be an actor to keep an eye on in the future with his lead role in last year's Bullhead and now this and Cotillard shows why she's one of the best actress in her generation. I can see both being considered hard for Best Actor/Actress in Cannes. I want to see the film so badly now.

 

[kvz5]

I wonder how they'll campaign the categories. Both the Lead and Supporting Actor categories look packed. The Actress is more open (both Lead and Supporting) so Marion can grab a nod in either category. Maybe even a win.

 

[Blue Sugar]

This looks VERY interesting.

 

[Crockett]

Oh, and here's some pics from the photo call.

http://www.justjared.com/2012/05/17/marion-cotillard-rust-bone-photo-call-in-cannes/

 

[kvz5]

Some of the reviews (compiled from a poster at AwardsDaily):

Hollywood Reporter is positive but not effusive: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/re...-film-festival-review-marion-cotillard-326028

Kevin Jagernauth, The Playlist
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayl...arion-cotillard-matthias-schoenaerts-20120517
"Following on the acclaim of "Bullhead," Schoenarts may find his breakthrough here with comparisons to Tom Hardy to come. He's similarly a commanding physical presence, but he's the rare breed with acting chops to spare, finding the vulnerability beneath his character's exterior which helps us understand him, even when he's at his selfish worst. As for Cotillard, she's predictably fantastic, again showing why she's one of the best actors of her peers. So much of what Stephanie is going through is written on her face, and Cotillard says more in a carefully sly smile than anything spoken. The two share an easy chemistry, and watching them both here, with great material to work with, is a great pleasure, and at times, a master class in film acting."

Drew McWeeny, HitFix
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-...hoenaerts-devastate-in-audiards-rust-and-bone
"Cotillard's work here is incredible, nuanced and real, and the film dodges easy sentiment at every turn. Instead of playing Stephanie as a victim in need of healing, the film treats her the same way Ali does, as a person who was knocked down but who has the strength to stand up again on her own. She's no victim, and Ali's not some perfect angel who has all the answers for how to fix her.
Schoenaerts was so good in "Bullhead" that it almost felt like the kind of role you only find once, and I wondered what else he is capable of. He is huge, a slab of inarticulate beef, but he communicates volumes of soul with gestures, with his sunken eyes staring out past his smashed features. He deals with the world on a purely physical basis because that's all he knows, and watching Ali struggle to do right by the people in his life while grappling with his own animal nature became quite moving. There is tenderness in him, and he's able to express it in small bursts, but there is also bottomless anger and need, and he finds himself overwhelmed by it at times."

Guardian review for Rust & Bone: "This is early days in the festival, but Rust and Bone has to be a real contender for prizes, and, the odds will be shortening to vanishing point for Cotillard getting the best actress award... its candour and force are matched by the commitment and intelligence of its two leading players. These factors, linked with the glowing sunlit images captured by cinematographer Stéphane Fontaine and emotion-grabbing music from Alexandre Desplat make for a powerful spectacle. It is a passionate and moving love story which surges out of the screen like a flood tide."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/may/17/rust-and-bone-review?intcmp =ILCMUSIMG9382

Evening Standard: "Schoenaerts is as good as Cotillard at avoiding the trap of melodrama, and they sustain a film that’s not as obviously notable as A Prophet but, much more quietly, makes a considerable mark."
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/film/rust-and-bone-cannes-film-festival--review-7763022.html

Rope of Silicon: "This brings me to the film's exemplary achievement… the performances. Along with the visual storytelling of Audiard and cinematographer Stephane Fontaine who shot both Audiard's previous gems A Prophet and The Beat That My Heart Skipped, the kudos here go to Schoenaerts and Cotillard who simply radiate off the screen, be it in times of passion, rage, comfort or despair... As the film came to a close and the credits played over white I couldn't help but feel I had once again seen a true master at work and a pair of actors that will be entertaining us for years to come." A.
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rust-and-bone-movie-review-2012-cannes-film-festival-2012/

Time Out "There are intense, violent and upending moments in which Audiard flexes his muscles as a master of gutter atmosphere and plays compellingly with textures and shadows, moving between the light and dark and revelling in half-seen events. It’s a film that vividly and confidently inhabits its own world. But, right from the off, you sense a director fighting to avoid melodrama, sentiment and predictability. It’s a valiant approach that makes for beautiful and strange-looking moments. Yet it also leaves us with a film that feels contrived, meandering and inert, as if the extreme events at its core – and these events constantly threaten to seem ridiculous in isolation – are mere excuses for a tourist excursion into the under regions of France and human experience."
http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/92595/rust-bone.html

 

[kvz5]

2 clips here -

http://marion-cotillard.org/movies/2-new-de-rouille-et-dos-clips

The subtle nuances in Marion's performance in the first clip is amazing (same with Matthias).

 

[flickchick85]

Loving those reviews. Can't wait for this one.

 

[kvz5]

From the premiere -

More here -

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[darkseid26]

Matthias is great in Bullhead. If you haven't seen it check it out.

 

[Albatross]

Wow, will definitely watch that. It really looks good. Right mixture of everything i think. I love big stories.

 

[kvz5]

Release date is Nov 16.

 

[Mandalore464]

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