Today I have four new images and the first poster for Jacques Audiard‘s Rust & Bone starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts (Bullhead), which at this point everyone expects will play the Cannes Film Festival. The film is set to hit French theaters on the second day of the fest, May 17, which I don’t think will stop it from being part of the selection.
The pics and poster all come via CinemaTeaser.com (here and here) and the poster specifically caught my attention as it seems to have that same scratched text look we saw on Lars von Trier’s Antichrist posters a few years back (click here for an example). Could it be a sign this film will create as much controversy as that one? Unlikely, but I like the way it looks.
As for the film, it’s an adaptation of Craig Davidson’s 2005 collection of short stories said to take place in a savage world populated by fighting dogs, prizefighters, sex addicts and gamblers. The title story involves an afflicted boxer whose hand never properly heals after a bone is broken. The fighter’s career descends to bouts that have less to do with sport than with survival: no referee, no rules, not even gloves.
I have a more detailed synopsis here, but the translation from French to English is a bit rough.
As for those pics and the poster, they are directly below. The poster is featured in full and you can click on any of the thumbnails to browse through the four additional pictures.
