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French | De rouille et d'os |
Directed by | Jacques Audiard |
Screenplay by | Jacques Audiard Thomas Bidegain |
Based on | Rust and Bone by Craig Davidson |
Produced by | Jacques Audiard Martine Cassinelli Pascal Caucheteux Alix Raynaud |
Starring | Marion Cotillard Matthias Schoenaerts |
Cinematography | Stéphane Fontaine |
Edited by | Juliette Welfling |
Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
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Distributed by | UGC Distribution (France) Lumière (Benelux) |
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Running time | 123 minutes[1] |
Countries | France Belgium |
Language | French |
Budget | €15.5 million[2] ($22 million)[3] |
Box office | $25.8 million[4] |
Rust and Bone (French: De rouille et d'os) is a 2012 romantic drama film directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts, based on Craig Davidson's short story collection Rust and Bone. It tells the story of a nightclub bouncer who falls in love with a woman who trains killer whales and loses her legs in a workplace accident.[5] The film is a co-production between France and Belgium.
The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Palme d'Or.[6][7] It received positive early reviews and a ten-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening.[8] It was a critical and box office hit in France[9][10] and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award, two Golden Globes, two BAFTA Awards, five Lumières Awards, winning two; three Magritte Awards, and nine César Awards, winning four, including Most Promising Actor for Matthias Schoenaerts.
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