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)
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I would like to go to Camille's sculpture exhibition, but this biographical film about the bitter fate of an artist who stands out from the crowd only confirms that this genre requires a special approach because otherwise, the stories of potentially fascinating personalities easily turn into noble boredom. That is exactly what happened with Nuytten's film in my opinion. Not even the engagement of the charming Isabelle Adjani in the lead role or the presence of the famous Gérard Depardieu as her co-star helped at all. As I have a weakness for Isabelle, she could not help me at all with the tormentingly slow passage of time, although her performance is certainly not bad. But that's not enough to make a great film. Camille Claudel looks like a typical creation of someone who is convinced that high art must be directly proportional to the number of microsleeps that the poor viewer undergoes while watching. This needed some editing, a better screenwriter, more original direction... and so much more. Overall impression: 25%.
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