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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Uncut, SYNOPSIS: The troubled life of French sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with legendary sculptor Auguste Rodin are portrayed in this passionate biographical drama, featuring an acclaimed performance by Isabelle Adjani. Beginning in the 1880s with a 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, helping her overcome prejudices against female artists. However, their romance soon sours, due to the increasing pressures of Rodin's fame and his love for another woman. These difficulties combine with her increasing doubts about the value of her work to drive Claudel into an emotional tumult that threatens to become insanity. First-time director Bruno Nuytten had previously served as a cinematographer, and he brings this experience to bear in his loving presentation of Claudel's sculpture and the lavish period setting. The dramatic approach is in tune with the impressive visuals, which present Claudel's life as a grandiose melodrama, a transformation that irritated some critics. However, few questioned the film's value as a dramatic showcase for Adjani, whose fervent portrayal was rewarded with an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. The American release version was cut to 159 minutes. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Berlin International Film Festival, Ceasar Awards, Golden Globes, Oscar Academy Awards, ...Camille Claudel (UNCUT) ( Camille Claudel - Violence et passion )
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu once again live up to their 'Heavyweights of French Cinema' reputation in this drama, based on actual events. I was not expecting Rodin to be quite like Gerard Depardieu, but it definitely worked. The chemistry between Adjani and Depardieu was electric.
It was a true story of the long affair between Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel. He was a celebrated and talented sculptor, and she was a sculptor in her own right and was also his student. They started an affair but she always wanted more, which he refused to give, and the consequence of that was her eventual insanity.
An emotional, brilliant film.
It was a true story of the long affair between Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel. He was a celebrated and talented sculptor, and she was a sculptor in her own right and was also his student. They started an affair but she always wanted more, which he refused to give, and the consequence of that was her eventual insanity.
An emotional, brilliant film.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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My tutor suggested I watched this film. I thought that 3 hours of subtitles and a French language screenplay would be more than I could stand, well I couldn't be more wrong! It was amazing. The time flew, the subtitles became second nature and I was 'hooked'.
Brilliant interaction between Rodin and Claudel.
Certainly recommend to anyone who's interested in art, especially sculpture and the male/female divide, if it exists...
Brilliant interaction between Rodin and Claudel.
Certainly recommend to anyone who's interested in art, especially sculpture and the male/female divide, if it exists...
33 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Full-blooded, thrilling, gruelling, brilliantly acted and filmed rollercoaster-ride through the life of the hugely controversial and mysterious Claudel. Adjani is sensational in the role of a lifetime (if not SEVERAL lifetimes!). The movie rushes at breathtaking speed and at a level of emotional intensity you rarely see in a movie without it becoming overwrought (it doesn't). Really this is such an underrated and unfairly neglected piece of work.
Certainly if you are at all interested in Claudel you should watch, even if only to cavill and disagree; if you dig French movies in general, it's a must; an Adjani or Depardieu fan? then why haven't you seen it yet?; an artist? few films examine the creative impulse as profoundly and uncompromisingly as this...
I didn't like all of it, didn't agree with all of its conclusions, but couldn't help but be knocked out by the sheer power of the whole.
A terrific Biopic, a terrific French movie, a terrific period movie, a terrific movie, PERIOD.
Certainly if you are at all interested in Claudel you should watch, even if only to cavill and disagree; if you dig French movies in general, it's a must; an Adjani or Depardieu fan? then why haven't you seen it yet?; an artist? few films examine the creative impulse as profoundly and uncompromisingly as this...
I didn't like all of it, didn't agree with all of its conclusions, but couldn't help but be knocked out by the sheer power of the whole.
A terrific Biopic, a terrific French movie, a terrific period movie, a terrific movie, PERIOD.
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Intensely riveting
Based on a true story so no happy ending. Very well acted with fantastic scenery. A long journey of a movie with an exhausting conclusion.
Published 5 months ago by Happy Park Lane
"Finely captures the era it portrays..."
Former cinematographer Bruno Nuytten`s directorial debut from 1988 which gained two Academy Award nominations in 1989, is based on the novel "Camille Claudel" by Reine-Marie Paris,... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Sindri
a gem
Depardieu and Adjani are the ideal couple for the film.
Adjani is superb and it is regrettable that she does not have more films on dvd with subtitles as her acting is... Read more
Adjani is superb and it is regrettable that she does not have more films on dvd with subtitles as her acting is... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cesar G. Esterman
Fabulous film
I bought this film on the recommendation of a French friend. I bought it with the intention of watching it several times as French practice. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2009 by love good films
Art and obsession
This is a film that reflects well mental and emotional obsessions that can make or destroy both the beautifull and beauty. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2009 by Raymond Hedger
Powerful but flawed.
I would really like to give this film 5 because the performances of Adjani and Depardieu are fully worthy of it, but to my mind, the film is flawed in other ways. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2009 by John Ferngrove
Why No Region 2?
I recently saw this wonderful film on TV and am desperate to own the DVD, but can there be any sane reason why a movie about a great French artist, filmed in France, in the French... Read more
Published on 4 Sep 2006 by T. M. Givens
Romantic, heartrending, breathtakingly beautiful
This is a film about passion and loyalty, focusing on Camille Claudel's true life, heartrending position on the wrong side of the equation. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 2001 by Camille Claudel
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