Rust and Bone

Jacques Audiard directs this French relationship drama detailing the bond that develops between two people, both profoundly damaged in different ways. The film starts by telling two parallel stories: one of Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), a homeless father struggling to care for his five-year-old son, and the other of Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), a woman who loses her legs in an accident while working as a trainer of killer whales. Both strong, idiosyncratic characters who are used to defining the parameters of their personal relationships, their union forces them out of the emotional safety zones they have each developed for the purposes of self-protection.

Director: Jacques Audiard
Producer: Jacques Audiard
Producer: Martine Cassinelli
Producer: Pascal Caucheteux
Writer: Jacques Audiard
Writer: Thomas Bidegain
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Cinematographer: Stéphane Fontaine
Actor: Marion Cotillard
Actor: Matthias Schoenaerts
Actor: Armand Verdure
Actor: Céline Sallette
Actor: Corinne Masiero
Actor: Bouli Lanners
Actor: Jean-Michel Correia
Actor: Mourad Frarema
Actor: Yannick Choirat
Actor: Fred Menut
Actor: Duncan Versteegh
Actor: Katia Chaperon