FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Jacques Audiard - Rust And Bone  

There are two people here who only express themselves through physicality and sex. They hardly talk to each other, least of all about themselves. Stephanie (Marion Cotillard) has two words tattooed on her thighs: left and right. "Look, they're still here!" Her legs have been terribly deformed. The former whale trainer had an accident with one of her killer whales, after which both legs were amputated. Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) the tattoos are hardly noticeable. He occasionally has sex with her and the fact that the legs now look different is not worth mentioning to him. But after her disturbed call he instinctively remembers to get her out of the dark apartment. That she might be embarrassed to bathe publicly in the sea does not occur to him. Is it lack of empathy or is it human greatness? Ali carries Stephanie into the sea in front of the shocked guests and for the first time, she can enjoy life again. Ali was already a bouncer and worked for a guard duty, but only as a free fighter he can fully realize himself. He expresses his feelings in nameless violence. But now he carries Stephanie on his shoulders. Jacques Audiard is a director interested in the loss of people. What remains of them after this loss? Stephanie and Alii can still have sex after their accident. They build their future on this. Most of the time Audiard's film makes us feel bad. Even when Stephanie and Ali have sex, it looks like his boxing matches. But then something happens: Stephanie starts to raise Ali. She demands that he treat her like a woman - and at this point De rouille et d'os begins to evoke a tingling feeling: It's this feeling when the movie makes us feel good! Like most women, Stephanie Ali was just a muscle-bound loser at first. Surely the two would never have tried it together before their accident! Stephanie, marked by her accident, feels lonely and unprotected. She dares to take Ali, who doesn't stare at her like a freak, as a man. She dares a love affair...