The Vernon Film Society has just completed its most successful Film Festival ever and we now look forward to the rest of our season. The next movie, Rust and Bone will be shown at the Towne theatre on Monday.
This French/Belgium production stars a newcomer, Matthias Schoenaerts and well-known actor, Marion Cotillard. Ali (Schoenaerts) is a penniless drifter who suddenly finds himself in charge of his son Sam. He leaves Northern France to join his sister in the Mediterranean yachting centre of Antibes, where, although poor herself, she takes him and Sam in, providing a room in a garage. Ali takes a job as a bouncer and meets Stephanie (Cotillard) who is a beautiful self confident woman. They come from vastly different stratas of society and after one night, they part, although she takes his phone number.
Some time later Stephanie contacts Ali and he finds out she has had a terrible accident at the Marineland where she works as a whale trainer. She has lost both her legs and her dreams, and the movie follows how he helps her regain her spirit and zest for life. He shows no pity in his helping her to live again and critics say “their passionate affair comes surging out of the screen like a tidal wave.” Peter Bradshaw of the Guardian newspaper states, “it is a tremendously acted and directed drama” and it was nominated for the Golden Globes for Best Foreign Film and Best Actress awards. The film was adapted from several short stories by Canadian writer Craig Davidson.
There is a great soundtrack mixing pop tracks by Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen and B-52’s with conventional orchestra scores. Warning: Sexually suggestive scenes.
Rust and Bone will be screened at the Vernon Towne Cinema. Tickets at $7 each are available one week ahead of time at the theatre and the Bean Scene. Show times are 5:15 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.