Marion Cotillard Starring In Rust And Bone From A Prophet Director Jacques Audiard

Marion Cotillard Starring In ‘Rust And Bone,’ From ‘A Prophet’ Director Jacques Audiard

By Russ Fischer/Sept. 7, 2011 6:38 pm EST

Also in the film are Matthias Schoenarts, Celine Sallette, and Bouli Lanners. Pascal Caucheteux, who produced A Prophet and Audiard’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped (his remake of Fingers), will produce this one as well. The film is set to shoot in France and Belgium starting this fall, making it Cotillard’s next film after The Dark Knight Rises. After A Prophet I’m excited to see Audiard’s next film, and the fact that it will star Cotillard only increases my anticipation. And the idea of adapting a set of short stories as a single feature is always an intriguing experiment — brings to mind Robert Altman and Short Cuts.

Craig Davidson conjures a savage world populated by fighting dogs, prizefighters, sex addicts, and gamblers. In his title story, Davidson introduces 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. In “A Mean Utility” we enter an even more desperate arena: dogfights where Rottweilers, pit bulls, and Dobermans fight each other to the death.