France,
1988, 175 min
(Director's cut: 158 min)
Directed by:
Bruno NuyttenCinematography:
Pierre LhommeComposer:
Gabriel YaredCast:
Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Maxime Leroux, Katrine Boorman, Roger Planchon, François Berléand, Danièle Lebrun (more)Plots(1)
The emotionally passionate biography of sculptress/mistress Camille Claudel. Camille is a burgioning sculptress who becomes the pupil of reknowned sculpter, Auguste Rodin. She becomes Rodin's mistress, and in the following 15 years plumets into a neverending spiral of artistic brilliance/emotional insanity. Spends the last thirty years of her life insane. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1990 - Isabelle Adjani (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 1990 - Bruno Nuytten (Best Foreign Language Film)
César Awards
- 1989 - Best Film
- 1989 - Isabelle Adjani (Best Actress)
- 1989 - Pierre Lhomme (Best Cinematography)
- 1989 - Best Costume Design
- 1989 - Best Production Design
- 1989 - Gérard Depardieu (Best Actor)
- 1989 - Alain Cuny (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1989 - Laurent Grévill (Most Promising Actor)
- 1989 - Gabriel Yared (Best Original Music)
- 1989 - Best Sound
- 1989 - Best Editing
- 1989 - Bruno Nuytten (Best First Film)
Golden Globes
- 1990 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1989 - Best Foreign Language Film
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 1989 - Isabelle Adjani (Silver Bear for Best Actress)
- 1989 - Bruno Nuytten (Golden Bear for Best Film)