Camille Claudel is a 1988 French film about the
life of the 19th century female sculptor Camille Claudel. The movie was based
on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's brother, the poet
and diplomat Paul Claudel. It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by
Isabelle Adjani, and starred her and Gérard Depardieu. The film had a total of
2,717,136 admissions in France.
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.
1989 - Nominated for two Academy Awards: Academy
Award for Best Actress and Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
1989 - Received five César Awards, including the
César Awards for Best Film and Best Actress.
1989 - Isabelle Adjani received the Silver Bear for
Best Actress at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival
Camille Claudel (8 December 1864 -- 19 October
1943) was a French sculptor and graphic artist. She was the elder sister of the
poet and diplomat Paul Claudel.
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ReplyDeleteDo you hear what you are saying the angels?... come get and holding times. ... .
the task performed will soon surrender its fruits... Thank you for be and be...
eternal beloved pilgrim... continues to inspire with your determined delivery...
I love your strength... I am glad your record... Do not forget:... the vibration
of your footprints show new ways... for anyone seeking to get to the heart...
My heart is yours.... together we build bridges of love...!
Beautiful sad film! Adjani's a super actress.
ReplyDeleteYou are right...
ReplyDeleteI love Camille Claudel,
the sculptor and
THE sculpture -
an independent
woman artist
who brought her own
emotions to life
through her great
pieces of sculpture;
she who had chosen
to live for herself
and love the way
she willed it to be.
This is such a tragic drama.
One would wonder
whether her descent
to madness was brought
about by a society
that could not accept
an extraordinary woman
gifted by nature
with such artful sensitivity,
or, Rodin's rejection,
or both....
Thanks for
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I'm hoping
this masterpiece
of a film touches
your heart --
as it is about
how a woman
tried to place
passions and sculpture
before everything,
how an artist like
her lived a
most difficult life...
Her descent into madness... but this is it! was she really mad? or just incorrigible, lol...her family put her in an asylum. She went on to live to a really old age, so maybe she was happy there, or maybe it showed how strong she was. It's impossible to know if they did the right thing, but sad either way.
ReplyDeleteThe biggest pain
ReplyDeleteone could suffer
is rejection.
She wished to give
herself to others
but was constantly
rejected by her loved ones
and the society.
In reality, her being
confined to an asylum
gave her a better chance
at getting along
that much better,
surviving many
years afterwards…..
Van Gogh created notable
ReplyDeleteliterary works of art
even though he was
a schizophrenic sufferer
and not because
he was mentally affected -
and many others like,
Schumann, H.de Toulouse
even Nietzsche).
In Camille's case,
perhaps the seeds
to the morbid processes
had (consciously and
unconsciously) been
developing in her
mind from early on ----
Camille was born after
the death of the first
male child of her mother.
This early, she has been rejected
by her mother for having
broken her mother's expectations
of another male baby.
When she begun
working with Rodin,
her mother never
was happy in
agreeing with her
daughter's profession.
No matter the sweet liaison
between her and Rodin,
Rodin couldn't abandon
Rose Beuret and
could never decide on
marrying his mistress.
After which, she had an
abortion and went to live
in seclusion to dedicate
herself more closely
to her own work.
Her work was
regarded by some critics
as a shame to the country.
Even Paul, her very
own brother became
ashamed of her physical
and moral decadence.
She avoided everyone,
felt persecuted,
destroyed her creations
and buried them,
drank too much,
lived in extreme poverty
and physical misery and
neglected herself all the while
hating Rodin and being fearful
of getting poisoned by him.
During those 30 years
of confinement,
she did not create
a single work of art.
The eccentric artist
very few had recognized,
she led a paradoxical,
difficult tragic life
but one that was rich.
She was toughened
because of her weakness;
acknowledging her loss,
she found determination ;
faced with crises and weakness,
she responded with courage;
faced with complexity,
she responded with
depth and creativity....
Yep!
ReplyDeleteVery well said!
Sad she could not pursue her talent, and was rejected like you say.
Are you an artist yourself? Or are you like me and just relate to the artistic...
Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteHow unfortunate.
Camille was gifted
with a great talent
that was misunderstood,
that was envied upon,
mostly overshadowed
and overlooked...
Not an artist per se,
ReplyDeletebut an aficionado in
arts, music, history,
and culture.
The simplest things
are more than enough trigger
that sets curiosity on.
Past and Now -
time provides an opening
from which
we tap not only from
the best but also
the unexceptional;
too many great things
to learn, be it
ordinary or profound.
I take things with an
inexpressible sense
made of raw awe:
there will be patterns
from which hidden purposes
are discovered,
there will be voices
and stories that go
beyond our own small,
private existence
that should have
the chance to be heard,
and to delight in
their fullest expression.
Explore, discover, understand...
We understand,
we grow,
we see...
But, we are all one, truly--
like waves tossed in the ocean,
like fabric woven in one loom,
in a living world of
multi-coloured thread:
beauty, pain, yearning,
passion, losses, failures
optimism, enthusiasm, hope.
Maybe, you there
and I here have this in common....
Yes! Hold onto the enthusiasm especially...it is what drives us... Best wishes,
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