For a solid 2/3 of its running time, Rust and Bone is a fractured and painful story of two desperate people coming together. It’s not until the final twenty minutes or so that it seems to fly off with no regards on how to actually end it, but all of that can be forgiven when you realize how delicate and wonderful the two central performances are.
Description:Ali suddenly finds himself in charge of Sam, his 5 years old son that he barely knows. Penniless and without friends, he leaves the north of France to seek shelter at his sister’s in Antibes. Even though she and her husband do not have much money, they make a room for them in their garage and take care of Sam.
Ali finds work as aAli suddenly finds himself in charge of Sam, his 5 years old son that he barely knows. Penniless and without friends, he leaves the north of France to seek shelter at his sister’s in Antibes. Even though she and her husband do not have much money, they make a room for them in their garage and take care of Sam.
Ali finds work as a bouncer at a local nightclub. After diffusing a fight one evening, he meets Stephanie a beautiful, self-confident woman. He takes her home and leaves her his number. But she is a princess and he is a poor fellow.
Stephanie is a killer whale trainer at the local Marineland. After a terrible accident one day, Ali gets an unexpected phone call from Stephanie.
When he sees her again she is crammed into a wheelchair. She has lost both her legs and her dreams.
Ali will share genuine moments with her, without pity, and help her to live again...... (more)(less)
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A gritty movie and something of a downer tracking the unlikely and unconventional romance between a whale trainer (Cotillard) who loses her legs in a freak accident and a drifting street-fighter (Schoenaerts). The movie is tough and beautiful, often at the same time, but a detached approach in it's telling and a somewhat problematic final act turn a film that should be more memorable into something somewhat forgettable. "
happy hammer added this to a list 3 months, 2 weeks ago
"Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident."
hiyamugi added this to a list 3 months, 3 weeks ago
“For a solid 2/3 of its running time, Rust and Bone is a fractured and painful story of two desperate people coming together. It’s not until the final twenty minutes or so that it seems to fly off with no regards on how to actually end it, but all of that can be forgiven when you realize how delicate and wonderful the two central performances are.
The central love story takes on a strange permutation of “Beauty & the Beast,” although which of the two is the beauty and the beast depends on what moment we are currently experiencing. Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a soulful but damaged brute who is stuck raising his son and training to become an MMA fighter. His character knows little outside of brutality and coarseness. Stephanie (Marion Cotillard) is a sensual woman who works ” read more
ToonHead2102 added this to a list 4 months, 1 week ago