Matthias Schoenaerts collects best film award

French drama Rust and Bone (De Rouille et d’Os), starring Belgium’s Matthias Schoenaerts and 'French mermaid' Marion Cotillard, was named best film at Saturday’s London Film Festival ceremony. The film, about the intense relationship between a whale trainer and a bare-knuckle boxer, was praised by jury president Sir David Hare for its “heart, violence and love”. Its Belgian star collected the prize on behalf of the director, Jacques Audiard. It is the second time the Frenchman has received the award, having previously been honoured in 2009 for his prison drama A Prophet.