In the novel, he does share a story of how eating people has negatively impacted his home life with his mom and sister. But in DeAngelis's novel, it's revealed that he is actually Maren's grandfather - something that was omitted entirely from the film.įinally, Guadagnino's take on Bones and All changes Lee's backstory. In both book and film, he's a frightening and antagonistic mentor of sorts. The movie also changes Maren's connection to Sully. In the film, it's actually Maren's father (André Holland) who leaves, so Maren looks for her mother (Chloë Sevigny) instead. In the book, Maren's mother abandons her, urging the young cannibal to search for her long lost father to find more answers about who she is. Many of the differences between the book and the film involve Maren and Lee's relationship to family. How does Bones and All change from book to movie? 'Bones and All' review: The next great queer horror movie has arrived However, that journey manifests in distinctive ways across these versions. In novel and film alike, Maren's journey is one of self-discovery and learning to live with her cravings. Mashable spoke to Guadagnino and screenwriter David Kajganich over Zoom to break down the differences between how cannibalism impacts the central relationship, the film's title, and its devastating yet hopeful ending.Īt the root of it all, both versions of Bones and All follow Maren (Taylor Russell), a lonely young woman who is a compulsive cannibal, also known as an 'eater.' Traveling alone across the United States, she meets fellow outcast eaters, like the young and intriguing Lee (Timothée Chalamet) and the old and unnerving Sully (Mark Rylance). Along the journey to translate the story from the page to the screen, some major changes were made. It's a story of girl meets boy, but with a bloody bite.ĭirector Luca Guadagnino's critically heralded coming-of-age romance Bones and All adapts author Camille DeAngelis's young adult cannibal novel of the same name.

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