Rust and Bone
Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), a former boxer and single father, meets Stephanie (Marion Cotillard) when he saves her from a brawl at the nightclub. After a horrible accident that leaves Stephanie confined to a wheelchair, Ali continues to help recover her will to live.
8 December 1977, Antwerp, Belgium
20 May 1965, Moresnet-Chapelle, Belgium
30 September 1975, Paris, France
April 10, 2014
Audiard visits a physicality that isn't necessarily female or male, but of the body, and toward the body, as in Cotillard's wide, lidded eyes when she watches him punching, thumping and bleeding in illegal bare-fisted takedown fights.
January 11, 2013
The movie wanders off course in the final act, as if none of its three screenwriters could quite figure out how to end it.
January 10, 2013
You couldn't ask for a more random relationship, but "Rust and Bone" slowly, almost magically, gives it meaning, symbolism, even a kind of symmetry.
June 20, 2013
It's a film for people who believe that fallen souls aren't inevitably destined to become lost ones.
April 17, 2016
Built like an old, beat-up bomber - not necessarily the sleekest or most reliable, but perfectly engineered to drop emotional projectiles on its audience.
July 27, 2013
An emotionally gripping if slightly meandering drama marked by two powerful lead performances.
January 11, 2013
"Rust" has some lovely scenes - Alain carrying Stephanie out to the sea - but it seems to wander off in search of something it already has, and in wandering, it loses its way.
March 02, 2016
A slow meander through the lives of two very different people who make a connection. Often difficult to watch because it is raw emotion and pain coming at you from all corners, it is still fascinating because of two intriguing performances.
April 23, 2013
there is no denying the cinematic power of Audiard's fearless storytelling
January 10, 2013
"Rust and Bone" seems to wander unexpectedly into its heart; it feels organic in its casual unfolding, like life itself.
April 27, 2013
...while all the admittedly well-wrought details engage us on an intellectual level and keep us watching, the film doesn't linger in the imagination the way truly great cinema does
January 11, 2013
"Rust and Bone" has heart and soul.
