

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
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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