Let me take this moment to recommend Jacques Audiard’s 2012 film Rust and Bone, starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts. I keep meaning to write about that film. For me, it was one of the best movies of 2012. Audiard is an extremely interesting film-maker, taking on exciting topics, the latest of which is Dheepan. Lots of great stuff here, plus two wonderful performances from the two leads. The ending makes you go …”Wait … what movie am I watching again?” – but it’s worth seeing regardless. And see Audiard’s other stuff, mainly Rust and Bone. It’s a powerhouse film, primal and sexy and immediate. With the most meaningful “I love you” that I’ve maybe ever heard in film. I can’t think of another example where those words represent such a breakthrough, from darkness into light.
