Rust and Bone

2012 CANNES HIGHLIGHT: Jacques Audiard's Rust And Bone (France, 2012).  Packing arthouse style and widescreen emotional heft, Jacques Audiard’s follow-up to A Prophet pairs Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts (last seen in Bullhead) in a tough, sexy and sometimes harrowing odd-couple love story that breezes confidently past a couple of slightly forced plot twists. Audiard’s films are always character driven, but in his last two outings the best characters have all been men. In Rust And Bone however, which is based loosely on a short story collection by Canadian writer Craig Davidson, he gives hot-property Cotillard the chance to shine alongside her robust co-star in a female role of impressive depth. SOURCE: SCREEN.