The life of Camille Claudel, a French sculptor who becomes the apprentice of Auguste Rodin and later his lover. Her passion for her art and Rodin drive her further away from reason and rationality.
Acting
Adjani's volcanic, Oscar-nominated descent into anguish.
Production
Clay-stained period detail that you can practically smell.
Cinematography
Shadows eating faces like Rodin ate her career.
Director
Bruno Nuytten
Isabelle Adjani
Camille Claudel
Gérard Depardieu
Auguste Rodin
Laurent Grévill
Paul Claudel
Alain Cuny
Louis-Prosper Claudel
Roch Leibovici
P'tit Louis
Madeleine Robinson
Louise-Athanaise Claudel
Philippe Clévenot
Eugène Blot
Katrine Boorman
Jessie Lipscomb
Maxime Leroux
Claude Debussy
Danièle Lebrun
Rose Beuret
Jean-Pierre Sentier
Limet
Roger Planchon
Morhardt
Aurelle Doazan
Louise Claudel
Madeleine Marie
Victoire
Gérard Baume
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Isabelle Adjani spent months learning sculpture and insisted on doing all clay work herself; her hands in close-up are actually hers.
The real Camille's sculptures were locked away by her family until 1951, decades after this film's events. Her brother Paul—a poet who condemned her—became a Catholic saint candidate.
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