Raw and unflinching, Rust And Bone is a love story of two fractured lives and the next movie showing in the Kitchen Stove Film Series.
Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts), a back-alley boxer, dreams of making it big but drifts broke and homeless until he goes to the French Riviera with his young son and moves in with his estranged sister. Taking work as a nightclub bouncer, he meets Stephanie (Marion Cotillard/The Dark Knight Rises, Inception), a killer-whale trainer at an amusement park. There is an intense chemistry between them but Ali is challenged by Stephanie’s fierce independence. When she suffers a terrible accident, the pair develops an unlikely, yet compelling relationship.
At once difficult and charming, brutal and tender, melancholy and humorous, this is an achingly soulful exploration of human frailty.
Acclaimed director Jacques Audiard (A Prophet and The Beat That My Heart Skipped) returns with this tough but tender romantic drama about two people from very different worlds seeking redemption in each other. Rust And Bone won four Cesar Awards (French Oscars) including Most Promising Actor (Schoenaerts), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Music and Best Editing. The film also won two Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress (Cotillard) and Best Foreign Language Film.
Rust And Bone is subtitled and rated 18A. It is screening at the Landmark Cinema 7 in Penticton on March 14 at 4 and 7 p.m. Single pre-purchased tickets are available for $13 at the Penticton Art Gallery and The Book Shop. Limited single tickets for $15 may be available at the doors.
The Kitchen Stove Film Series is an income development initiative of the Penticton Art Gallery aiming to inspire, challenge, educate and entertain while showcasing excellence in the cinematic arts. The next film, A Late Quartet, will be shown on April 4. The Angels’ Share is screening on April 15.
