Camille Claudel [Blu-ray]

Director: Bruno Nuytten Bruno Nuytten

Overview

The story of Camille Claudel, sister of well-known French diplomat and poet Paul Claudel, is relatively unknown outside Europe. A sculptress, she was deeply involved both romantically and professionally with famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. Camille Claudel was produced at the instigation of its star, Isabelle Adjani, who plays Camille. The film explores her 15 year relationship with Auguste, a period in which she descends into madness. Ultimately, her family commits her to a mental institution for the remainder of her life. Camille is depicted as being torn between her affections for the men in her life, brother Paul and lover Rodin, and her own artistic ambitions. The film has a feminist perspective, showing how these two strong, occasionally overbearing personalities thwart Camille's drive to succeed as a sculptor. Rodin is played by Gerard Depardieu, and Laurent Crevill is Paul.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/03/2019
UPC:	0738329241858
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	NR
Source:	Kino Classics
Region Code:	A
Language:	English
Time:	2:53:00
Sales rank:	29,263

Special Features

Theatrical Trailer; Booklet essay by film critic Abbey Bender; Audio Commentary by film historian Samm Deighan

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Isabelle Adjani	Camille Claudel
Gérard Depardieu	Auguste Rodin
Alain Cuny	Louis-Prosper Claudel
Madeleine Robinson	Louise-Athanaise Claudel
Katrine Boorman	Jessie Lipscomb
Daniele Lebrun	Rose Beuret
Aurelle Doazan	Louise Claudel
Madeleine Marie	Victoire
Maxime Leroux	Claude Debussy
Philippe Clevenot	Eugène Blot
Roger Planchon	Morhardt
Flaminio Corcos	Schwob
Roch Leibovici	Louis
Gerard Darier	Marcel
Jean-Pierre Sentier	Limet
Benoit Vergne	Auguste Beuret
Philippe Paimblanc	Giganti
Hester Wilcox	Adele
Ariane Kah	Model
Patrick Palmero	Photographer
Anne-Marie Pisani	Opera Singer
François Berléand	Dr. Michaux
Martin Berleand	Robert
Claudine Delvaux	Concierge
Lison Bonfils	Hostel Manager
Eric Lorvoire	Ferdinand de Massary
Dany Simon	Mme. Morhardt
Laurent Grévill	Paul Claudel
Michel Beroff	Orchestra Conductor
Francois Revillard	Bailiff
Denise Chalem	Actor
Gabriel Yared	Composer

Technical Credits

Bruno Nuytten

Marilyn Goldin

Bruno Nuytten	Director,Screenwriter
Marilyn Goldin	Screenwriter
Christian Fechner	Producer
Dominique Hennequin	Sound Mixer
Guillaume Sciama	Sound/Sound Designer
François Groult	Sound Mixer
Bernard Artigues	Producer
Isabelle Adjani	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Bruno Nuytten's passionate film on the early years of sculptor Camille Claudel (Isabelle Adjani) and her stormy love affair with August Rodin (Gerard Depardieu) is a sensuous and powerful testament to the artist's need to create and the forces arrayed against her. In the 1880s, the 20-year-old artist begins a relationship with the famed sculptor, who is, at least in part, able to smooth the way for her work in the chauvinistic world of art. But at length, his ego is threatened by her creativity, and he returns to the mistress that he had never abandoned. Less about Claudel's relationship with Rodin than that with her art, the film is emphatic about her obsession with sculpture, following the artist as she paws like an animal through the mud of Paris in search of the exact type of clay she needs. She throws herself furiously into kneading and shaping the recalcitrant material, as though making love to the figures she envisions. Adjani's award-winning performance is a revelation as she abandons herself body and soul to the portrayal of this obsessive, ultimately mad woman, seemingly as enraptured in her portrayal of Claudel as Claudel was with her own consuming passion.