DirectorLuca Guadagninoreunites with his muse, Timothée Chalamet, once again for the upcoming cannibal romanceBones and All. Based on the 2015 YA novel of the same name by Camille DeAngelis, the movie stars Chalamet and Taylor Russell as two cannibals in love, embarking on a journey of self-discovery and survival.
Bones and Allhad its premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival back in September and is set for theatrical release on November 23. Critic reviews have been positive, and the movie has already picked up some awards, attracting praise for its cast performances, cinematography, and fusion of genres. The two released trailers have done a great job of capturing both the sexy and scary aspects of the movie, but viewers arehungry for more. With much to look forward to, including a red-headed Chalamet, here’s everything we know aboutBones and Allso far.
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The Plot
Bones and Allcentres on Maren (Russell) a teenage cannibal who is abandoned by her mother and goes searching for the father she has never known. Along the way, she meets the tall and mysterious Lee (Chalamet), a disenfranchised drifter who is also a cannibal. The two fall in love and embark on a1000-mile odysseythrough the backroads of Reagan-era America.
Bones and Allis a coming-of-age romance horror all in one. It explores young women’s sexuality and the pain of family and first love, as well as cannibalism. The YA novel is pretty light on the latter, keeping its descriptions of cannibalism purposefully vague, but it looks like the movie might change that. Trailer one sees Chalamet covered in blood and beating someone with a crowbar — set to Leonard Cohen’s apt “You Want It Darker” — and trailer two sees Russell chomp down on a friend’s finger. Nevertheless, in an interview withFantastic Man, Guadagnino teases the movie is “extremely romantic.”
The Cast
Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell lead the star-studded ensemble cast as Lee and Maren. The actor of his generation, Chalamet previously starred in Guadagnino’s modern gay classicCall Me By Your Name, alongside Armie Hammer. Chalamet plays Elio, a teenager who falls in love with Hammer’s older Oliver. The movie is critically acclaimed, receiving several Academy Award nominations (and one win for Best Screenplay), including Best Actor for Chalamet. Chalamet’s other movies include Greta Gerwig’sLady BirdandLittle Women,Interstellar,The King, andDune. In 2023he will play Willy Wonkain Paul King’sWonka, a musical fantasy prequel to Roald Dahl’s 1964 novelCharlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Taylor Russell is a rising star known for playing the lead role of Emily Williams in theA24 dramaWaves, a role which won her the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor. This year she is nominated for Outstanding Lead Performance at the Gotham Awards forBones and All. Russell has also starred inEscape Room,Words on Bathroom Walls, andDr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets.
Joining Chalamet and Russell inBones and Allare several other exciting names:
The Crew
Director Luca Guadagnino is a humanist known for his artful, affecting, and intimate movies, namelyI Am Love,A Bigger Splash,Call Me By Your Name, andSuspiria, a remake of the 1977Dario Argento horror classic.Call Me By Your Name, based on the André Aciman novel of the same name, is his most successful movie, and a sequel seemed to be in early development when Guadagnino began work onBones and All. Ironically, around this time, Armie Hammer was also accused of being a cannibal, and the sequel was cast off indefinitely. Guadagnino has shut down rumors thatBones and Allis related to the Hammer controversy.
David Kajganich, who wrote the screenplays forA Bigger SplashandSuspiria, returns as the screenwriter forBones and All. Cinematography, which is one of the most enticing aspects of a Guadagnino movie, comes from Arseni Khachaturan, whose credits includeCity of the Sun,Beginning,This Is My Desire, and the upcoming HBO/A24 seriesThe Idol. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails provide the music. The duo are famous for scoring many David Fincher movies, and have won Academy Awards for their work onThe SocialNetworkandSoul. Their original song forBones and All, “(You Made it Feel Like) Home,” is nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award.
The Release Date
Bones and Allis coming to cinemas soon onNovember 23.Early reviews of the movie are promising, withJohn BleasdaleofBFIcalling it “wryly funny, gleefully entertaining and oddly touching,” andIsaac FeldbergofInversepraising it as “an earnest romance that’s also a work of gauzy, poetic horror.”
Fans of Guadagnino will be pleased to know the director has other movies in the works, too. These include an Audrey Hepburn biopic, starring Rooney Mara (who was made for the part) in the lead role; a romantic sports comedy, starring Mike Faist and Zendaya; and aScarfaceremake, which has been hotly anticipated for quite some time now.
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