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Camille Claudel

1988 · 175 min

A slow, consuming plunge into creative passion and its unraveling, beautiful and increasingly suffocating to witness.

Overview
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • obsession
  • love
  • madness
  • gender
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, history, romance
Directed by
Bruno Nuytten
Written by
Bruno Nuytten, Marilyn Goldin
Starring
Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill, Alain Cuny, Roch Leibovici, Madeleine Robinson, Philippe Clévenot, Katrine Boorman
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
175 min
Country
France
Languages
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