Camille Claudel
1988 Biography / Drama   
 
  • Director: Bruno Nuytten
  • Script: Reine-Marie Paris, Bruno Nuytten, Marilyn Goldin
  • Photo: Pierre Lhomme
  • Music: Gabriel Yared, Claude Debussy
  • Cast: Isabelle Adjani (Camille Claudel), Gérard Depardieu (Auguste Rodin), Laurent Grévill (Paul Claudel), Alain Cuny (Louis-Prosper Claudel), Madeleine Robinson (Louise-Athanaise Claudel), Katrine Boorman (Jessie Lipscomb), Danièle Lebrun (Rose Beuret), Aurelle Doazan (Louise Claudel), Madeleine Marie (Victoire), Maxime Leroux (Claude Debussy), Philippe Clévenot (Eugène Blot), Roger Planchon (Morhardt), Flaminio Corcos (Schwob), Roch Leibovici (P'tit Louis), Gérard Darier (Marcel), Jean-Pierre Sentier (Limet), Benoît Vergne (Auguste Beuret), Philippe Paimblanc (Giganti), Hester Wilcox (Adèle)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 175 min
  • Aka: Camille Claudel
 
 
 
Summary
A young woman, Camille Claudel, labours to become a sculptor and wins the admiration of the famous artist Auguste Rodin.  The latter adopts Claudel as his apprentice, but the two soon become lovers.  When Rodin refuses to marry Claudel, they separate and Camille becomes a bitter and self-destructive recluse.



Review
Distinguished cinematographer Bruno Nuytten directed this epic biographical drama of the life of Camille Claudel, France's most famous female sculptor and a disciple of the great Rodin. It is a languorous, intense work which many spectators will find slow-moving and stifling - in spite of some pretty respectable (but not great) performances from Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu. Nuytten's strength is his ability to use image to create mood, and this he does masterfully, although he doesn't quite manage to compensate for the lack of emotional depth in Adjani's somewhat theatrical portrayal of Claudel.

© James Travers 2001


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