This is the type of movie I completely fell in love with but cannot articulate exactly why. Maybe it’s the mixture of beauty and pain portrayed, maybe it’s the intricate sounds and beautiful imagery, maybe it’s the story, maybe it’s all of the above. A woman is hit with sudden disability after an accident and calls on an unlikely companion, a night club bouncer by the name of Ali. Together they explore her new predicament and its implications, while forming a special bond. This is a movie that will call upon your internal strength, while portraying how us humans can become strong together. Most of all it provides an immensely powerful, ultimately simple story that is both touching and will stay with you for a very long time. Directed by Jacques Audiard (A Prophet).
"The better the director, however, the more that melodrama is recast as romantic destiny, and Jacques Audiard... brings such drive to Rust and Bone that you barely hear the whirrings of contrivance."
— Anthony Lane
"It's a film for people who believe that fallen souls aren't inevitably destined to become lost ones."
— Laura Kern
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.
Cannes
1 nomination
Golden Globes
2 nominations
BAFTA
2 nominations
SAG Awards
1 nomination
César Awards
4 wins, 5 nominations
Goya Awards
1 nomination
Wonderful movie. I highly recommend it. The main actors were brilliant.