Love is messy and often, more than a little painful, maybe even a punch in the face. At least that's the idea behind the title of Rust and Bone, winner of the London Film Festival, darling of TIFF and the Cannes Film Festival, now opening this Friday in Toronto.
Raw and brutal yet poetic-critics around the world have raved about the steamy film.
I saw a great many films at TIFF earlier this year. Rust and Bone has not been easy to shake off. There is a touching complexity to this bruised romance between a orca trainer, who loses her legs in an accident at a marine park, and a nightclub bouncer.
The film stars Oscar-winning French star Marion Cotillard and Belgian actor Matthias Schoenaerts.
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They are both beautiful to look at-at TIFF, both drew crowds and whistles. But in this film, they are stripped down ( literally, in some very intimate scenes) with a sullen looking Cotillard trying to adjust to stumps rather than legs and Schoenaerts with a paunch ready to brawl for the next buck. The actor relied on junk food to gain a belly but trained for months to be convincing on screen as a fighter.
I will never again think of a frozen lake without recalling a horrific scene, just one element in the often shocking collection of images. This is not a film for timid moviegoers. There are scenes of brutal violence and steamy sex but don't mistake the unflinching view: the film is as ambiguous as it is profound.
Expect big things at the Academy awards on Feb. 24th for Rust and Bone. Cotillard just picked up a Screen Actor's Guild nomination today for best actress. The SAG nominations kick off awards season with the follow up act tomorrow morning when the Golden Globe nominations are announced.
( See who was snubbed here in complete list of SAG nominees)
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