Is Timothée Chalamet OK? He said the above during a press conference for Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino's new film, premiering at this year's Venice Film Festival. Despite sounding like a nihilistic teenager, you can’t help but empathise – given, you know, the world. It makes you wonder what kind of existential atmosphere this movie will take.
Chalamet was discussing the way in which social media has dominated how people think of themselves and pass judgement on others. Although Bones and All is set in the 80s, the two central characters are still alienated from their society. And why? Because they eat people. Here’s everything we know about the film.
Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet as Marin and Lee. Photo: MGM
What’s
the Bones and All story?
Based
on the novel by Camille DeAngelis, Bones and All follows the love story between
Lee and Marin who join together for a 1,000-mile road trip across Reagan’s
America. Marin tries to live a marginalised existence, and then finds a common interest with the disenfranchised drifter, Lee. Unfortunately, that interest involves cannibalism.
During their trip, they discover others with the same compulsion. But despite sharing this unconventional hobby, they struggle to equate what they do with the morals of broader society.
Bones and All marks the third collaboration between Guadagnino and screenwriter David Kajganich, following A Bigger Splash and the Suspiria remake. The latter was Guadagnino’s first foray into horror, for which he dismantled the genre's conventions to create a politically haunting experience.
However, the director has admitted in an interview with Deadline that ‘Bones and All isn’t a horror film per se’ and he ‘wasn’t interested at all in the shock value'. He expanded on the difference between this film and Suspiria: ‘I think Suspiria was aggressively provocative. I think this one is much more serene in its sense of self.’
Considering Guadagnino is best known for his intense love stories, like Call Me By Your Name and his TV series We Are Who We Are, Bones and All looks to embrace something similar but in a more grotesque setting. This is somewhat emphasised by its taking place in the American Midwest during the 80s.
Elsewhere in the Deadline interview, Guadagnino says, ‘I still believe America is bathing in a nostalgic sense of self that makes it a the country that is the most forward-thinking and also the country that is the most frozen. That’s how I saw the 80s, in a way.’
Luca Guadagnino on the set of Bones and All. Photo: MGM
Who
is in the Bones and All cast?
Guadagnino
has gathered together many actors from his previous films. In their
first project together since Call Me By Your Name, Timothée Chalamet
joins the cast to play Lee – starring alongside Taylor Russell (Waves)
as Marin.
From We Are Who We Are, there’s Chloë Sevigny and Francesca Scorsese (daughter to Martin), and from both Suspirias, there’s Jessica Harper. Mark Rylance, Michael Stuhlbarg, André Holland and director David Gordon Green also star.
What
is the Bones and All release date?
A
UK release date hasn’t yet been announced, but Bones and All is in US
cinemas from Wednesday 23 November. Watch the teaser trailer below.
| What | Bones and All: trailer, release date, photos, cast, plot |
| Price | £n/a |
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