The underside of life in a place like Cannes is rarely explored.
Rust and Bone tells the story of a single father struggling to make ends meet as a security guard, who meets a double amputee. An ambiguous relationship begins between them. He's as blasé about the emotional content of their encounters as he is about most things while she finds herself unable to remain detached, accompanying him when he begins to take part in bare-knuckle boxing bouts.
The asset of
Rust and Bone, its refusal to cave into outright melodrama despite having all the ingredients for that in place, is also its weakness: we remain at the same remove from feeling as the characters do through their self-control. Nevertheless, this is a fully rounded picture of people who feel real.
6/10
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