Stèphanie (Marion Cotillard) trains killer whales for a water park in the south of France. After a tragic (yet predictable because it's in the goddamn name 'killer whale') accident and the loss of her legs, Stèph struggles to go on. In desperation, she reaches out to a bouncer from a club she used to go to who helped her home one night after a fight. Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) is barely scraping by, hopping from job to job and living at his sister's (Céline Sallette) house. He gets the opportunity to join a bareknuckle boxing ring and has Stèph come in as his good luck charm because she is used to working with large, violent animals. Together they find purpose and meaning in their lives.
I think. I'm really just guessing at that last part. Maybe more emotional people would like this film? All I got from it was that all orcas should be released back into the wild and a living wage is a basic human right.
Rust and Bone is only available on streaming as a rental. I got it on disc from Netflix.
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