Timothee Chalamet had all of Venice seeing red on Friday night at the world premiere of Bones and All The actor donned a sparkling backless jumpsuit in a blood red shade a cheeky wink to the dramas central protagonists two cannibals in love.
The film which reunites Chalamet with his Call Me By Your Name director Luca Guadagnino lives up to its title with gory attacks and scenes that involve limb chewing and eating. But despite the uncomfortable subject matter, the audience at the Venice premiere for the movie devoured Bones and All. The film received a 8.5-minute standing ovation the longest and most enthusiastic of the festival so far.
It handily beat the previous record holder Tar a drama starring Cate Blanchett as a tortured composer which had a 6 minute ovation. As the crowds inside the Sala Grande cheered Luca Luca the Italian director wiped tears from his eyes. Chalamet and the cast including Taylor Russell who plays the films anti heroine Maren walked down the steps of the theaters mezzanine to welcome the crowd in the orchestra showering them with so much applause. And Chalamet encouraged the clapping to continue as he held up pieces of paper with Guadagnino and Russells names on them, meant to reserve their seats to cue more applause.
Chalamet plays Lee a pale young man who embarks on a road trip with a woman he meets who shares an equally troubled past. The odyssey is marked with self exploration and murder with a tone that suggests what you would get if Guadagnino had been tapped to direct one of the Twilight films. In one scene set at a carnival Lee seduces a man suggesting that he has bisexual or maybe pansexual but he eventually falls in love with Maren.
Notably Bones and All is Guadagninos first movie shot in the United States. It also marks a reunion between the director and Chalamet who became one of the youngest best actor Oscar nominees in history thanks to his work on their first collaboration Call Me By Your Name. Guadagnino has called Chalamets role in Bones and All a heartbreaker.
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