Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Isabelle Adjani | ... | Camille Claudel | |
Gérard Depardieu | ... | Auguste Rodin | |
Madeleine Robinson | ... | Louise-Athanaise Claudel | |
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Laurent Grévill | ... | Paul Claudel |
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Philippe Clévenot | ... | Eugène Blot |
Katrine Boorman | ... | Jessie Lipscomb | |
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Maxime Leroux | ... | Claude Debussy |
Danièle Lebrun | ... | Rose Beuret | |
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Jean-Pierre Sentier | ... | Limet |
Roger Planchon | ... | Morhardt | |
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Aurelle Doazan | ... | Louise Claudel |
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Madeleine Marie | ... | Victoire |
Alain Cuny | ... | Louis-Prosper Claudel | |
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Gérard Baume | ... | (as Gérard Beaume) |
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Martin Berléand | ... | Robert |
Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and for Rodin. She also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow... Written by Yepok
There's some nice photography in here, which is what helped me get through this long (159 minutes) soap opera-type story about the girlfriend (the title name, played by Isabelle Adjani) of the famous sculptor Rodin (Gerard Depardieu).
There are a lot of closeups of Adjani which was fine with me as I never get tired of seeing her looks. "Camille" also was a sculptor but when the romance with Rodin went sour, she went literally crazy. This movie details that saga.
In addition to the cinematography, you get to see some great sculptures - really good pieces of work. I just wish they had shown how the artists accomplished these pieces. Since they are just actors, all it did was show the two leads chipping away chunks of clay, never showing any detail work.
At least, the film made me appreciate the art form more.