A city of love. Economic hardship. Family breakdown.
Brutality. Sex. Healing. Romance. These are some of the elements that make up
the 2012 French-Belgian romantic drama film Rust and Bone (French: De
rouille et d’os).
The movie opens up with 5-year old Sam saying ”I’m hungry”, an analogy
to the general theme of the film which speaks of needs and desires, and the
urge to satisfy them. This speaks of a universal emotion, and instantly, audiences are drawn into this absurd and animalistic, yet haunting and haunting love
story.
