Camille Claudel

Starring:Isabelle Adjani, GÃ©rard Depardieu, Laurent GrÃ©vill, Alain Cuny, Madeleine Robinson, Katrine Boorman, DaniÃ¨le Lebrun, Aurelle Doazan, Madeleine Marie, Maxime Leroux, Philippe ClÃ©venot, Roger Planchon, Flaminio Corcos, Roch Leibovici, GÃ©rard Darier, Jean-Pierre Sentier, BenoÃ®t Vergne, Philippe Paimblanc, Denise Chalem, Hester Wilcox
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
"Miss Claudel has become a master."
"She has the talent of a man."
"She's a witch."

And so Auguste Rodin and friends neatly sum up the sad trajectory of Camille Claudel's career.

We first meet the sculptor as she digs clay with bare fingers from a frozen ditch, in the winter of 1885. By the time the film leaves her, in 1913, she's an acclaimed, if socially scorned, artist who's been committed to an asylum.

In the interim, Claudel (Isabelle Adjani) falls in love with the famous, older, womanizing Rodin (GÃ©rard Depardieu). Claudel abandons her work to assist the creatively bankrupt Rodin, filling in as his muse, assistant, and lover. When pregnancy forces Claudel to ask him to choose between her and his longtime mistress, he won't, she leaves, and their alliance ends. This proves to be the turning point for Claudel's mental health; when her affair with Rodin ends, she begins her intimacy with insanity.

As her madness blooms, so do her long-neglected sculptures, which seem to come to life in her hands and arms. Not only a potent love story, Camille Claudel is also an account of art and its wellsprings, and this is where it excels, especially when we witness Claudel's manic genius at work, driven by the necessity to externalize her emotions in the forms of her sculptures.

Amazon.com

"Miss Claudel has become a master."
"She has the talent of a man."
"She's a witch."

And so Auguste Rodin and friends neatly sum up the sad trajectory of Camille Claudel's career.

In the interim, Claudel (Isabelle Adjani) falls in love with the famous, older, womanizing Rodin (Gérard Depardieu). Claudel abandons her work to assist the creatively bankrupt Rodin, filling in as his muse, assistant, and lover. When pregnancy forces Claudel to ask him to choose between her and his longtime mistress, he won't, she leaves, and their alliance ends. This proves to be the turning point for Claudel's mental health; when her affair with Rodin ends, she begins her intimacy with insanity.

As her madness blooms, so do her long-neglected sculptures, which seem to come to life in her hands and arms. Not only a potent love story, Camille Claudel is also an account of art and its wellsprings, and this is where it excels, especially when we witness Claudel's manic genius at work, driven by the necessity to externalize her emotions in the forms of her sculptures.

Description

International screen star Isabelle Adjani (The Story Of Adele H., Ishtar) is the creative prodigy Camille Claudel. GÃ(c)rard Depardieu (Green Card, Cyrano de Bergerac) is thelegendary sculptor Rodin. This is the true story of their passionate obsession with artand with each other. Both an inspiring saga of artistic vision and the haunting portrayal of a doomed romance, Camille Claudel is a beautiful and stirring cinematic masterpiece. A historically accurate depiction of one of the most important collaborations in the history of modern art, Camille Claudel was nominated for the 1989 Academy AwardÂ(r) for Best Foreign Language Film,and Adjani was nominated for the 1989 OscarÂ(r) for Best Actress for her riveting portrayalof the beautiful young woman who sacrifices her talents to flames of passion.

Customer Reviews:

Camille Caudel.......2007-03-20

Perhaps the only sculpture movie I ever saw. Very French. She finally looses her mind at the end. Much angst.

great movie for lovers of sculpture and Rodin.......2007-01-19

The famous Rodin! Not many know the story of his misstres Camille who had a profound effect on his work. Very accurate factually, famous quotes by the man throughout. An emotional film in its own right. Rare and not available on DVD in Australia. Not your typical hollywood film and all the better for it. Great to see real plaster casts and bronzes of his original work used as props. Casting was superb.

Camille Claudel the movie.......2007-01-04

Great Artsy passionate story of the lady behind Rodin, an equally good sculptor, who positively influenced the art and productiviity of one of the world's best known sculptors.

Camille Claudel.......2006-03-08

First saw this film in 1989 when it came out. Purchased this copy after the Detroit Institute of Arts Claudel/Rodin exhibit. Beautifully filmed. Poignant portrayal of Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel's tumultuous relationship as artist and protege. Adjani and Depardieu, as well as everyone else give powerful performances. Film dwells more on the sensuality and subsequent madness of the relationship and doesn't focus on the fact that they eventually considered themselves equals in their art, how strongly they influenced each other and how much they actually worked together. Still a good buy and well worth multiple viewings.

"Camille Claudel" a splendid film.......2006-02-20

This study of the intertwined lives of the sculptor Rodin and the artist who loved him with a fatal passion is quite extraordinary. Long a student of modern art, I learned a great deal from this film that had been unknown to me before. Furthermore the film is compelling as a work of art itself, and enormously important to the on-going study of women artists.

This is a work all admirers of modern art should view.

Average customer rating:

Camille Caudel
great movie for lovers of sculpture and Rodin
Camille Claudel the movie
Camille Claudel
"Camille Claudel" a splendid film

Camille Claudel [Region 2]
Starring: Isabelle Adjani , Gérard Depardieu , Laurent Grévill , Alain Cuny , and Madeleine Robinson
Director: Bruno Nuytten
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Amazon.com

"Miss Claudel has become a master."
"She has the talent of a man."
"She's a witch."

And so Auguste Rodin and friends neatly sum up the sad trajectory of Camille Claudel's career.

Customer Reviews:

Camille Caudel.......2007-03-20

Perhaps the only sculpture movie I ever saw. Very French. She finally looses her mind at the end. Much angst.

great movie for lovers of sculpture and Rodin.......2007-01-19

Camille Claudel the movie.......2007-01-04

Great Artsy passionate story of the lady behind Rodin, an equally good sculptor, who positively influenced the art and productiviity of one of the world's best known sculptors.

Camille Claudel.......2006-03-08

"Camille Claudel" a splendid film.......2006-02-20

Average customer rating:

Camille Caudel
great movie for lovers of sculpture and Rodin
Camille Claudel the movie
Camille Claudel
"Camille Claudel" a splendid film

Camille Claudel [Region 2]
Starring: Isabelle Adjani , Gérard Depardieu , Laurent Grévill , Alain Cuny , and Madeleine Robinson
Director: Bruno Nuytten
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

General | Drama | Genres | DVD | Video

( C ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video
Similar Items:

The Story of Adele H
Queen Margot (La Reine Margot)
Cyrano de Bergerac
The Horseman on the Roof
Ridicule

ASIN: B00008A8RH

Amazon.com

"Miss Claudel has become a master."
"She has the talent of a man."
"She's a witch."

And so Auguste Rodin and friends neatly sum up the sad trajectory of Camille Claudel's career.

Customer Reviews:

Camille Caudel.......2007-03-20

Perhaps the only sculpture movie I ever saw. Very French. She finally looses her mind at the end. Much angst.

great movie for lovers of sculpture and Rodin.......2007-01-19

Camille Claudel the movie.......2007-01-04

Great Artsy passionate story of the lady behind Rodin, an equally good sculptor, who positively influenced the art and productiviity of one of the world's best known sculptors.

Camille Claudel.......2006-03-08

"Camille Claudel" a splendid film.......2006-02-20

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