Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All follows Maren, a teenager crossing the American heartland on a search for the father she has never known, hoping his story might explain the compulsion she can't control. The 2022 drama pairs romance with horror, tracking two drifters whose bond forms against a backdrop of small towns and open highway.
What is Bones and All about?
Maren sets out alone after a moment forces her mother figure to send her away, carrying only a cassette tape and an address. On the road she crosses paths with another wanderer who shares her affliction, and the two fall into an uneasy companionship that is part romance, part survival pact. Guadagnino frames their journey through diners, motels, and county fairs, letting the American landscape carry as much weight as the dialogue. The film treats its unusual premise with restraint, favoring quiet, character-driven scenes over shock, and builds toward Maren's reckoning with the father she has been chasing the whole time.
About the cast
Taylor Russell carries the film as Maren, working opposite Timothée Chalamet as her fellow traveler. Mark Rylance, André Holland, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jessica Harper round out a supporting cast that gives the road-trip structure its texture, each actor appearing for only a scene or two but leaving a mark on Maren's understanding of what she is.
Context & significance
Bones and All arrived from Italy, the United Kingdom, and the United States as a joint production, and it marked Guadagnino's return to a coming-of-age story after his earlier work in the same register. Adapted from Camille DeAngelis's novel, the film reset its story in the 1980s, giving the production a specific visual palette of faded Americana rather than a contemporary setting. Critics responded warmly to its unusual mix of tenderness and horror, and it built a following well beyond the festival circuit where it first showed.
Watching Bones and All on Ktime
Bones and All streams on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can choose whichever fits how they want to watch. A free K-Time account is all that's needed to start the film, and the rest of the catalogue's Farsi-language experience carries over to every title on the platform.