Camille Claudel
The Oscars® Winners & Nominees • 2h 53m
Directed by Bruno Nuytten • Drama • With Isabelle Adjani, Madeleine Robinson, Laurent Grevill, Philippe Clevenot, Gérard Depardieu • 1988 • 175 minutes
The biography of the iconic French sculptor Camille Claudel in a tale of love, betrayal and female empowerment. When her enthusiasm for the arts captures the attention of famed sculptor Auguste Rodin, he hires her as his assistant. Slowly, Camille develops sculpting proficiency of her own, but when her and Auguste's relationship becomes intimate, she struggles to escape from beneath his oppressive shadow. Starring Isabelle Adjani and Gérard Depardieu.
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