Camille Claudel (Film)

Camille Claudel is a French movie, which was used as a project of the actress Isabelle Adjani and directed. The director was her then- significant other Bruno Nuytten. The film was a huge commercial success in France.

At the International Film Festival in Berlin in 1989, the film had its world premiere in February 1989 in the Federal Republic of Germany. His film debut came on 18 May 1989.

Action

Camille Claudel, perhaps the most gifted sculptor known to us, was the sister of the French poet Paul Claudel, and especially the mistress of the greatest sculptor of the 20th century, Auguste Rodin. She was his most talented pupil, but became embroiled in a tragic love affair with him, because he never left his wife. Then she broke up with him and moved into a basement apartment where they lived in complete isolation on the other hand between her bursts of inspiration and the creative urge the one hand, and destructiveness. All statues created by her then smashed into tantrums. The film ends when she is forcibly removed to a psychiatric ward.

Background

Camille Claudel reunited two of the largest, most popular stars of the then French cinema: Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu. While Depardieu seems somewhat reluctant in the role of Rodin, he leaves the stage Isabelle Adjani, which makes this, her own movie, one of the roles of their lives. Your presentation was showered with awards, praised by critics and is considered to be those typical Adjani role that is otherwise might be seen only in Queen Margot, The Story of Adele H. and Adolphe: the role of a tragic outrageous, passionate woman between selfishness and renunciation. Especially the last half hour, when Camille remains completely alone in her basement apartment and deals with her ​​madness, is considered a masterpiece of the art of acting.

Reviews

" Large-scale, opulent artist biography; a Liebesmelodram, something captivating in the impressive, intense game of two main characters over long distances, however, too dull and theatrical behaves toward the end. "

Awards

Isabelle Adjani in 1990 was nominated for Best Actress Oscar. The film itself was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film for the price. 1989 Isabelle Adjani received the Silver Bear. In the same year the film won a total of seven César, including Best in the categories Film, Best Editing and Best Cinematography. The actress won him the Best Actress.

1988 in film Screenplay Christian Fechner Film score Gabriel Yared Pierre Lhomme Integrated Authority File
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