In Jacques Audiard 's drama '' Rust and Bone '' ( '' De rouille et d'os '' ) , alongside Matthias Schoenaerts , Cotillard portrayed the orca trainer Stéphanie , who loses her legs after an accident at work and begins a strange relationship with Schoenaerts ' character . The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival and received a ten-minute standing ovation at the end of its screening . Cotillard received rave reviews for her performance , and Cate Blanchett wrote an op-ed for Variety praising her , describing the film as " simply astonishing " and stating that " Marion has created a character of nobility and candour , seamlessly melding herself into a world we could not have known without her . Her performance is as unexpected and as unsentimental and raw as the film itself " . She received a fifth César Award nomination , a fourth Screen Actors Guild Award nomination , a third Golden Globe nomination ( her first nomination for Best Actress – Drama ) , a second Critics ' Choice Award nomination and a second Lumières Award nomination . Cotillard also received several honors and career tributes in 2012 , at the Telluride Film Festival , Hollywood Film Festival , AFI Fest , Gotham Awards and Harper 's Bazaar Awards
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
Marion Cotillard