Bones and All: Coming-of-age horror film set in the 1980s, starring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell
Plot and Background
During Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s, young Maren (Taylor Russell) meets Lee (Timothée Chalamet). What begins as a charming first meeting soon leads them both to make big decisions. For Maren, her already fragile existence is at stake, Lee is temperamental and never tied down to one place.
The closer they get, the more Maren’s biggest secret and problem becomes a danger. Since childhood she has been eating away at those who give her love. At 16 her mother abandoned her, since then she has been searching for her father and met Lee during the odyssey. While their burgeoning love keeps them together, her past lusts soon threaten to break in on her again, endangering not only her love but Lee’s life.
“Bones and All” – background, cast, cinema release
After five years, director Luca Guadagnino and actor Timothée Chalamet work together again after the Oscar-nominated drama “Call Me By Your Name”. With “Bones And All”, Guadagnino is adapting the 2015 novel of the same name by Camille DeAngelis. The screenplay was adapted by David Kajganich (“Suspiria”), with whom Guadagnino has already worked several times.
Filming took place in the USA, including Cincinnati. It is the first time in the Italian filmmaker’s career that he has travelled to the USA for a film shoot. In addition to Taylor Russell (“Escape Room”) and Timothée Chalamet (“Dune”) in the leading roles, the film also stars Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies”), Michael Stuhlbarg (“The Looming Tower”), André Holland (“The Knick”), Chloë Sevigny (“The Dead Don’t Die”) and film director David Gordon Green (“Halloween” remake) in other roles.
The world premiere of “Bones and All” will take place at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, where the film will premiere in competition.
The film will be released in German cinemas on 24 November 2022.
