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Camille Claudel
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bruno Nuytten
Written by	Bruno Nuytten Marilyn Goldin
Produced by	Isabelle Adjani Christian Fechner
Starring	Isabelle Adjani Gérard Depardieu Madeleine Robinson Laurent Grévill Philippe Clévenot Katrine Boorman Roger Planchon Jean-Pierre Sentier
Cinematography	Pierre Lhomme
Edited by	Joëlle Hache Jeanne Kef
Music by	Gabriel Yared
Production companies	Films Christian Fechner Lilith Films I.A. Gaumont Antenne 2 TV France Films A2 D.D. Productions
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release date	7 December 1988 (1988-12-07) (France)
Running time	175 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$23.7 million

Camille Claudel is a 1988 French biographical drama film about the life of 19th-century sculptor Camille Claudel. The film was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani, and starred her and Gérard Depardieu. The film had a total of 2,717,136 admissions in France. Adjani was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, the second in her career.

Plot

The film recounts the troubled life of French child prodigy sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with the married sculptor Auguste Rodin. Claudel was the daughter of a devoutly Catholic, socialite mother and a wealthy French businessman. While the latter was sympathetic to her highly iconoclastic, secular art, her mother found it odious.

Beginning in the 1880s, with the young Claudel's first meeting with Rodin, the film traces the development of their intense romantic bond. The growth of this relationship coincides with the rise of Claudel's career as she overcomes prejudices against female artists.

However, their romance soon sours due to the increasing pressures of Rodin's fame and his love for another woman. After Claudel's father dies, she's at the mercy of her mother's ire. These difficulties combine with her increasing doubts about the value of her work, driving Claudel into emotional tumult.

While her zealot mother wants her institutionalized, her sympathetic brother tries to comfort her and promote her artwork. The film contributes to a broader exploration of mental illness in films, depicting Camille Claudel's emotional tumult and the societal challenges she faced.

Cast

Isabelle Adjani as Camille Claudel
Gérard Depardieu as Auguste Rodin
Laurent Grévill as Paul Claudel
Alain Cuny as Louis-Prosper Claudel
Madeleine Robinson as Louise-Athanaïse Claudel
Philippe Clévenot as Eugène Blot
Katrine Boorman as Jessie Lipscomb
Maxime Leroux as Claude Debussy
Danièle Lebrun as Rose Beuret
François Berléand as Doctor Michaux

Production

Principal photography began on 14 September 1987.

Reception

Critical response

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On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregated score of 92% based on 12 reviews, and an average rating of 8.4/10.

Awards

1989 – nominated for two Academy Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1989 – received five César Awards, including Best Film and Best Actress
1989 – Isabelle Adjani received the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival

References

^ "Camille Claudel (1988)". JPBox-Office. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
"Camille Claudel".
"Camille Claudel". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
"The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
"Berlinale: 1989 Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2011-03-10.

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v t e Camille Claudel
Sculptures	List of sculptures Sakuntala (1888) Bust of Auguste Rodin (1888–1889) The Waltz (1883–1905) The Mature Age (1894–1900) Perseus and the Gorgon (1902)
Museums	Musée Camille Claudel Musée Rodin
Portrayals	Head of Camille Claudel (1884/1911 sculpture) The Succubus (1889 sculpture model) Camille Claudel (1988 film) Camille Claudel (2003 musical) Camille Claudel 1915 (2013 film) Rodin (2017 film)
Related	Paul Claudel (brother) Auguste Rodin (associate, lover)
Category

v t e Auguste Rodin
Works	List of sculptures Man with the Broken Nose (1863) Alsatian Orphan (1871) Suzon (1872–73) The Age of Bronze (1876) La Defense (1879) The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost (1880) The Shade (1880) The Gates of Hell (1880/1917) The Thinker (1880, locations) Adam (1880–81) Eve (1881) Crouching Woman (1880–1882) Saint John the Baptist (1880/1907) Ugolino and His Sons (1881) The Kiss (1882) I Am Beautiful (1882) The Falling Man (1882) Jules Dalou (1883) Bust of Maurice Haquette (1883) Bust of Victor Hugo (1883) Eternal Springtime (1884) Torso of Adele (c. 1884) The Burghers of Calais (1884–1889) Head of Camille Claudel (1884/1911) The Prodigal Son (1885) Mask of a Weeping Woman (1885) The Martyr (1885) Psyche Looking at Love (1885) Eustache de Saint Pierre (1885–86) Jean d'Aire (1885–86) Jean de Fiennes (1885–86) Avarice and Lust (1885–1887) Damned Women (1885–1890) The Old Tree (1885) Paolo and Francesca (1885) Young Mother (1885) Young Mother in the Grotto (1885) Young Woman with a Serpent (c. 1885) The Three Shades (1886) Meditation (1886) Fugitive Love (1886–87) Ovid's Metamorphoses (1886–1889) Pierre de Wiessant (1887) Head of Saint John the Baptist (1887) The Sirens (1887) Polyphemus (1888) Standing Mercury (1888) The Kneeling Man (1888) Adonis Awakens (1889) Andromeda (1889) Glaucus (1889) Kneeling Female Faun (1889) The Succubus (1889) Despair (c. 1890) Brother and Sister (1890) Danaid (1890) Cybele (1890/1904) Monument to Balzac (1892–1897) Balzac in the Robe of a Dominican Monk (1892) Youth Triumphant (c. 1894) Octave Mirdeau (1895) Iris, Messenger of the Gods (c. 1895) Bacchantes Embracing (c. 1896) The Spirit of Eternal Repose (1898–99) Illusions Received by the Earth (pre-1900) The Athlete (1901–1904) The Death of Adonis (1903–1906) Adam and Eve (1905) The Walking Man (1907) The Cathedral (1908) The Prayer (1909) Standing Female Faun (1910)
Museums	Musée Rodin (Hôtel Biron), Paris Rodin Museum, Philadelphia Museu Rodin Bahia, Salvador Plateau (closed)
People	Camille Claudel
Depictions	1888–89 Claudel bust 1909 Bourdelle bust Rodin — The Thinker (1902 photograph) Camille Claudel (1988 film) Camille Claudel (2003 musical) Camille Claudel 1915 (2013 film) Rodin (2017 film)
Related	Rodin (crater)
Category Commons

v t e César Award for Best Film
Le vieux fusil (1976) Monsieur Klein (1977) Providence (1978) L'argent des autres (1979) Tess (1980) The Last Metro (1981) Quest for Fire (1982) La Balance (1983) Le Bal and À Nos Amours (1984, tie) My New Partner (1985) Three Men and a Cradle (1986) Thérèse (1987) Au revoir les enfants (1988) Camille Claudel (1989) Too Beautiful for You (1990) Cyrano de Bergerac (1991) Tous les Matins du Monde (1992) Savage Nights (1993) Smoking/No Smoking (1994) Wild Reeds (1995) La Haine (1996) Ridicule (1997) Same Old Song (1998) The Dreamlife of Angels (1999) Venus Beauty Institute (2000) The Taste of Others (2001) Amélie (2002) The Pianist (2003) The Barbarian Invasions (2004) Games of Love and Chance (2005) The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2006) Lady Chatterley (2007) The Secret of the Grain (2008) Séraphine (2009) A Prophet (2010) Of Gods and Men (2011) The Artist (2012) Amour (2013) Me, Myself and Mum (2014) Timbuktu (2015) Fatima (2016) Elle (2017) BPM (Beats per Minute) (2018) Custody (2019) Les Misérables (2020) Bye Bye Morons (2021) Lost Illusions (2022) The Night of the 12th (2023) Anatomy of a Fall (2024)

César Award for Best Film

Le vieux fusil (1976)
Monsieur Klein (1977)
Providence (1978)
L'argent des autres (1979)
Tess (1980)
The Last Metro (1981)
Quest for Fire (1982)
La Balance (1983)
Le Bal and À Nos Amours (1984, tie)
My New Partner (1985)
Three Men and a Cradle (1986)
Thérèse (1987)
Au revoir les enfants (1988)
Camille Claudel (1989)
Too Beautiful for You (1990)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1991)
Tous les Matins du Monde (1992)
Savage Nights (1993)
Smoking/No Smoking (1994)
Wild Reeds (1995)
La Haine (1996)
Ridicule (1997)
Same Old Song (1998)
The Dreamlife of Angels (1999)
Venus Beauty Institute (2000)
The Taste of Others (2001)
Amélie (2002)
The Pianist (2003)
The Barbarian Invasions (2004)
Games of Love and Chance (2005)
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2006)
Lady Chatterley (2007)
The Secret of the Grain (2008)
Séraphine (2009)
A Prophet (2010)
Of Gods and Men (2011)
The Artist (2012)
Amour (2013)
Me, Myself and Mum (2014)
Timbuktu (2015)
Fatima (2016)
Elle (2017)
BPM (Beats per Minute) (2018)
Custody (2019)
Les Misérables (2020)
Bye Bye Morons (2021)
Lost Illusions (2022)
The Night of the 12th (2023)
Anatomy of a Fall (2024)

v t e French submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1948–1960	Monsieur Vincent (1948) The Walls of Malapaga (1950) Forbidden Games (1952) Gervaise (1956) Gates of Paris (1957) My Uncle (1958) Black Orpheus (1959) La Vérité (1960)
1961–1980	Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Sundays and Cybèle (1962) The Fire Within (1963) The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) Pierrot le Fou (1965) A Man and a Woman (1966) Live for Life (1967) Stolen Kisses (1968) My Night with Maud (1969) Hoa-Binh (1970) Ramparts of Clay (1971) The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) Day for Night (1973) Lacombe, Lucien (1974) India Song (1975) Cousin, cousine (1976) Madame Rosa (1977) Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978) A Simple Story (1979) The Last Metro (1980)
1981–2000	Diva (1981) Coup de Torchon (1982) Entre Nous (1983) So Long, Stooge (1984) Three Men and a Cradle (1985) Betty Blue (1986) Au revoir les enfants (1987) La Lectrice (1988) Camille Claudel (1989) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Van Gogh (1991) Indochine (1992) Germinal (1993) Wild Reeds (1994) French Twist (1995) Ridicule (1996) Western (1997) The Dreamlife of Angels (1998) East/West (1999) The Taste of Others (2000)
2001–2020	Amélie (2001) 8 Women (2002) Bon Voyage (2003) The Chorus (2004) Joyeux Noël (2005) Avenue Montaigne (2006) Persepolis (2007) The Class (2008) A Prophet (2009) Of Gods and Men (2010) Declaration of War (2011) The Intouchables (2012) Renoir (2013) Saint Laurent (2014) Mustang (2015) Elle (2016) BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017) Memoir of War (2018) Les Misérables (2019) Two of Us (2020)
2021–present	Titane (2021) Saint Omer (2022) The Taste of Things (2023) Emilia Pérez (2024)

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