Camille Claudel (film)

Camille Claudel
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBruno Nuytten
Written by
  • Bruno Nuytten
  • Marilyn Goldin
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPierre Lhomme
Edited by
  • Joëlle Hache
  • Jeanne Kef
Music byGabriel Yared
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 7 December 1988 (1988-12-07) (France)
Running time
175 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$23.7 million[1]

Camille Claudel is a 1988 French biographical drama film about the life of 19th-century sculptor Camille Claudel. The film's screenplay was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's younger brother Paul Claudel, a poet and diplomat.

It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani, and starred her and Gérard Depardieu. The film had a total of 2,717,136 admissions in France.[1] Adjani was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, the second in her career.

Plot

The film recounts the troubled life of French sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with the older sculptor Auguste Rodin, who had a common- law marriage.. Claudel was the daughter of a devoutly Catholic, socialite mother and a wealthy businessman. Her father encouraged her desire to become an artist and her highly iconoclastic, secular sculpture. Her mother was offended by her choices, including her affair, and deeply disliked her work.

Beginning in the 1880s, when the young Claudel first met Rodin, the film traces the development of their intense romantic and artistic bond. The growth of this relationship coincides with the rise of Claudel's career as she overcomes prejudices against female artists.

However, their romance soon sours due to the increasing pressures of Rodin's fame and his love for another woman. After Claudel's father dies, her mother controls her share of the inheritance and deprives her. These difficulties combine with her failing to get funding and commissions. As she has increasing doubts about the value of her work, Claudel suffers emotional tumult.

While her zealot mother wants her institutionalized, her more sympathetic brother tries to comfort her and promote her artwork.

The film contributes to a broader exploration of mental illness in this genre by depicting Camille Claudel's emotional tumult and the societal challenges she faced.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on 14 September 1987. [2]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregated score of 92% based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 8.4/10.[3]

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Camille Claudel (1988)". JPBox-Office. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Camille Claudel". Archived from the original on July 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "Camille Claudel". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Berlinale: 1989 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-10.


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