Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation.
Acting
Lindon's bearish physicality makes Rodin feel monumentally, frustratingly human.
Cinematography
Clay-streaked flesh and workshop dust shot like Renaissance paintings.
Director
Jacques Doillon
Vincent Lindon
Auguste Rodin
Izïa Higelin
Camille Claudel
Séverine Caneele
Rose Beuret
Magdalena Malina
Sophie Postolska
Edward Akrout
Edward Steichen
Patricia Mazuy
Aurélie de Faucamberge
Olivia Baes
Gwen Mary John
Bernard Verley
Victor Hugo
Anders Danielsen Lie
Rainer Maria Rilke
Laurent Poitrenaux
Octave Mirbeau
Olivier Cadiot
Claude Monet
Arthur Nauzyciel
Paul Cézanne
Guylène Péan
Juliette Drouet
Lea Jackson
Jessie Lipscomb
Zina Esepciuc
Model Marianne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Doillon shot in Rodin's actual studio at Meudon; Lindon trained with sculptor friends of the director for months.
The film premiered at Cannes to tepid reviews partly because critics expected more Claudel centrism—Doillon deliberately kept her in Rodin's shadow, mirroring history's erasure.
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