Camille Claudel
Camille Claudel is a 1988 French biographical drama film about the life of 19th-century sculptor Camille Claudel. The film was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. 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. 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 child prodigy sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with the married sculptor Auguste Rodin. Claudel was the daughter of a devoutly Catholic, socialite mother and a wealthy French businessman. While the latter was sympathetic to her highly iconoclastic, secular art, her mother found it odious.
Awards
Cast
- Alain Cuny
- Anne-Marie Pisani
- Claudine Delvaux
- Danièle Lebrun
- François Berléand
- Gérard Darier
- Gérard Depardieu
- Isabelle Adjani
- Jean-Pierre Sentier
- Katrine Boorman
- Laurent Grévill
- Madeleine Marie
- Madeleine Robinson
- Maxime Leroux
- Michel Béroff
- Patrick Palmero
- Philippe Clévenot
- Philippe Paimblanc
- Roger Planchon