

Rust and Bone
The film revolves around Matthias Schoenarts, a former boxer and father. This brave boxer fights with Stephanie (Marion Cotillard) when he saves her from a brawl in a nightclub. Things seem to turn to a different course when Stephanie goes through a terrible accident where she is left in a wheelchair, where Matthias tries to help her.






























8 December 1977, Antwerp, Belgium









20 May 1965, Moresnet-Chapelle, Belgium

30 September 1975, Paris, France




June 20, 2013
It's a film for people who believe that fallen souls aren't inevitably destined to become lost ones.
April 27, 2013
...while all the admittedly well-wrought details engage us on an intellectual level and keep us watching, the film doesn't linger in the imagination the way truly great cinema does
April 23, 2013
there is no denying the cinematic power of Audiard's fearless storytelling
March 02, 2016
A slow meander through the lives of two very different people who make a connection. Often difficult to watch because it is raw emotion and pain coming at you from all corners, it is still fascinating because of two intriguing performances.
January 11, 2013
"Rust and Bone" has heart and soul.
April 17, 2016
Built like an old, beat-up bomber - not necessarily the sleekest or most reliable, but perfectly engineered to drop emotional projectiles on its audience.
January 10, 2013
"Rust and Bone" seems to wander unexpectedly into its heart; it feels organic in its casual unfolding, like life itself.
January 11, 2013
The movie wanders off course in the final act, as if none of its three screenwriters could quite figure out how to end it.
April 10, 2014
Audiard visits a physicality that isn't necessarily female or male, but of the body, and toward the body, as in Cotillard's wide, lidded eyes when she watches him punching, thumping and bleeding in illegal bare-fisted takedown fights.
January 11, 2013
"Rust" has some lovely scenes - Alain carrying Stephanie out to the sea - but it seems to wander off in search of something it already has, and in wandering, it loses its way.
January 10, 2013
You couldn't ask for a more random relationship, but "Rust and Bone" slowly, almost magically, gives it meaning, symbolism, even a kind of symmetry.
July 27, 2013
An emotionally gripping if slightly meandering drama marked by two powerful lead performances.