Rust and Bone (film tie-in)

Craig Davidson

Rust and Bone (film tie-in)

Now a film by Jacques Audiard starring Marion Cotillard.

Rust and Bone conjures a savage world of prizefighters, gamblers and sex addicts; dogs fight to the death and bare-knuckled men fight for survival on the most extreme margins.

And yet these gritty stories are tempered by gentleness, the quiet understanding in the most intimate relationships. A whale trainer’s accident, a boy’s life endangered – where human vulnerability is so close to the surface, the humanity of these characters heralds redemption and hope.

Rosanna Boscawen
 
One evening early in October, Picador left the office and went along to a screening of Rust and Bone, a film adaptation of Craig Davidson's collection of short stories. We can promise that Jaqcues Audiard, acclaimed director of A Prophet, has made a truly wonderful film - it's provocative, moving, and never let's you relax. It recently won Best Film at the BFI London Film Festival 2012.