2012 Cannes Film Festival Predictions: Jacques Audiard’s Rust & Bone

Gist: The shot in the Antibes, bigger budgeted thriller for Audiard pits an unemployed 25-year-old man (Matthias Schoenaerts) who falls in love with a killer whale trainer (Marion Cotillard).

Prediction: It’s an oddball year for Cannes, as a trio of highly anticipated international titles actually receive their domestic France release during the fest — all signs point to a Croisette red carpet premiere for May 23rd releases for Cannes hopefuls Cosmopolis and On the Road along with the May 17th, Rust & Bone (Un goût de rouille et d’os). A Main Competition entry appears very likely as Audiard (who has shown three in Cannes so far) had 1996’s A Self-Made Hero and A Prophet (2009) winning awards for Best Screenplay and the Grand Prix respectively in the section and with foreign film distrib Sony Pictures Classics in the film’s corner, the 20-or-so line-up would feel incomplete without the title.