Repulsed by her innate cravings, Maren’s denial is fuel on the fire as she ventures across the sprawling barrenness of late-’80s America in search of her missing mother, bodies to feast on, and running from the stain of death blanketing her body. With the DNA of a coming-of-age film and the visuals of a horror fashioned through a cannibalistic lens, the awakening of bloodthirsty urges makes for an unorthodox depiction of young love. But Bones and All, in theaters November 23, is perhaps his most challenging reckoning with romance to date. From Call Me by Your Name to HBO’s We Are Who We Are, the director has an affinity for sun-soaked, big-hearted tales thrumming with yearning. Guadagnino has long held quite the penchant for tinkering with desire. That classification may come as a surprise, considering this deliciously dark film follows two hungry cannibals falling in love amid a battle to resist their instincts.Īn adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’s 2015 young adult novel of the same name, Guadagnino’s brooding retelling delves into the violent afflictions of teenage Maren (a superbly unshielded Taylor Russell). Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All hits all the seminal beats of a romantic drama-and it’s undoubtedly the romance of the year, overflowing with visceral pining and slow sunsets. Two bodies finding belonging in one another.
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