De rouille et d'os

Another triumph from Audiard and a Cotillard masterclass, this bruising, tender melodrama lingers long in the memory.

Smagen af rust og ben' lyder som alt for meget af det forkerte, men opleves som en meget veldoseret og afmålt skildring af kærlighedens svære vilkår og utrolige kraft.

...a passionate and moving love story which surges out of the screen like a flood tide.

Audiard plays on well-worn themes – the threat of violence, the abuse of power, men struggling to accept responsibility for their actions. But he also treads original ground in his exploration of Stéphanie’s burgeoning sense of womanhood...

The unembellished performances by Cotillard and Schoenaerts exude a raw authenticity that anchor the film’s grander melodrama and embed the characters in the viewer’s memory.