Camille Claudel

(Bruno Nuytten, 1988, France, 175 minutes)

Co-written and directed by Possession DP Bruno Nuytten and co-produced by Isabelle Adjani herself, 1988’s Camille Claudel quickly established itself as a high mark in her already storied career, earning her second Best Actress nomination at the Oscars (not to mention a Best Foreign Film nod), her third César win in that category, and with the film winning the César for Best Picture besides. This biopic has Adjani as the title character, a young sculptor in a doomed relationship with the older, married Auguste Rodin (Gérard Depardieu). Camille Claudel is a lush story of art and madness and was shot by Pierre Lhomme, who like its star won a César for his work here, and who’d previously been the director of photography on the Adjani-starring Quartet (also playing as part of Adjanuary).

In French with English subtitles.

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