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'''''Camille Claudel 1915''''' is a 2013 French [[biopic]] written and directed by [[Bruno Dumont]]. The film premiered in competition at the [[63rd Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlin">{{Cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_16404.html |title=Berlinale Competition 2013: Another Nine Films Confirmed |accessdate=11 January 2013 |work=berlinale}}</ref>
'''''Camille Claudel 1915''''' is a 2013 French biographical film written and directed by [[Bruno Dumont]]. The film premiered in competition at the [[63rd Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="Berlin">{{Cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_16404.html |title=Berlinale Competition 2013: Another Nine Films Confirmed |accessdate=11 January 2013 |work=berlinale}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
At the end of her career the [[sculptor]] [[Camille Claudel]] seems to suffer with mental issues. She destroys more than once her own statues and utters repeatedly that her former lover [[Auguste Rodin]] intended to make her life miserable. Consequently her younger brother [[Paul Claudel|Paul]] sends her to an [[History of psychiatric institutions|asylum]] in the outskirts of [[Avignon]]. Claudel tries to convince her doctor she is perfectly sane, while living among patients who obviously are not. She is desperate to see her brother again, hoping he might eventually support her plea.
At the end of her career the sculptor [[Camille Claudel]] seems to suffer with mental issues. She destroys more than once her own statues and utters repeatedly that her former lover [[Auguste Rodin]] intended to make her life miserable. Consequently her younger brother [[Paul Claudel|Paul]] sends her to an [[History of psychiatric institutions|asylum]] in the outskirts of [[Avignon]]. Claudel tries to convince her doctor she is perfectly sane, while living among patients who obviously are not. She is desperate to see her brother again, hoping he might eventually support her plea.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==Reception==
==Reception==
According to ''[[Cine Vue]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Patrick Gamble the filmmaker Bruno Dumont has delivered an "incredibly compassionate and humble observation of a tortured artist".<ref>{{cite web |title = Berlin Film Festival 2013: 'Camille Claudel 1915' review |url =http://www.cine-vue.com/2013/02/berlin-film-festival-2013-camille.html|work = Cine Vue |accessdate = 16 February 2013}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Guy Lodge described the film as a "moving account of a brief period in the later life of the troubled sculptress" and appreciated Juliette Binoche's impersonation of Camille Claudel as nothing less than "mesmerising".<ref>{{cite web |title = 'Camille Claudel 1915' review|url = http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117949237/|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |accessdate = 12 February 2013}}</ref> ''[[Screen International]]''{{-'}}s Jonathan Romney ranked this film as "an amplification and indeed a deepening" of Dumont's hitherto existing accomplishments and artistic impact.<ref>{{cite web |title = Camille Claudel 1915 |url = http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/camille-claudel-1915/5051930.article |work = [[Screen International]] |accessdate = 12 February 2013}}</ref> Eric Kohn of [[IndieWire]] stated the film had a "concision" which displayed "an exactitude worthy of [[Robert Bresson]]".<ref>{{cite web |title = Berlin Review: Juliette Binoche Delivers Commanding Performance In Bruno Dumont's Powerful Crisis of Faith Drama 'Camille Claudel 1915' |url = http://www.indiewire.com/article/berlin-review-juliet-binoche-delivers-commanding-performance-in-bruno-dumons-powerful-crisis-of-faith-drama-camille-claudel-1915 |publisher = [[IndieWire]] |accessdate = 12 February 2013}}</ref> Analysing the film in depth for ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', Jordan Mintzer summed up the film in his "bottom line": "An unsettling portrait of the artist as a mad woman, anchored by a riveting lead performance".<ref>{{cite web |title = Camille Claudel 1915: Berlin Review|url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/camille-claudel-1915-berlin-review-420879|work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |accessdate = 12 February 2013}}</ref>
According to ''[[Cine Vue]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Patrick Gamble the filmmaker Bruno Dumont has delivered an "incredibly compassionate and humble observation of a tortured artist".<ref>{{cite web |title = Berlin Film Festival 2013: 'Camille Claudel 1915' review |url =http://www.cine-vue.com/2013/02/berlin-film-festival-2013-camille.html|work = Cine Vue |accessdate = 16 February 2013}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Guy Lodge described the film as a "moving account of a brief period in the later life of the troubled sculptress" and appreciated Juliette Binoche's impersonation of Camille Claudel as nothing less than "mesmerising".<ref>{{cite web |title = 'Camille Claudel 1915' review|url = http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117949237/|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |accessdate = 12 February 2013}}</ref> ''[[Screen International]]''{{-'}}s Jonathan Romney ranked this film as "an amplification and indeed a deepening" of Dumont's hitherto existing accomplishments and artistic impact.<ref>{{cite web |title = Camille Claudel 1915 |url = http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/camille-claudel-1915/5051930.article |work = [[Screen International]] |accessdate = 12 February 2013}}</ref> Eric Kohn of [[IndieWire]] stated the film had a "concision" which displayed "an exactitude worthy of [[Robert Bresson]]".<ref>{{cite web |title = Berlin Review: Juliette Binoche Delivers Commanding Performance In Bruno Dumont's Powerful Crisis of Faith Drama 'Camille Claudel 1915' |url = http://www.indiewire.com/article/berlin-review-juliet-binoche-delivers-commanding-performance-in-bruno-dumons-powerful-crisis-of-faith-drama-camille-claudel-1915 |publisher = [[IndieWire]] |accessdate = 12 February 2013}}</ref> Analysing the film in depth for ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', Jordan Mintzer summed up the film in his "bottom line": "An unsettling portrait of the artist as a mad woman, anchored by a riveting lead performance".<ref>{{cite web |title = Camille Claudel 1915: Berlin Review|url = http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/camille-claudel-1915-berlin-review-420879|work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] |accessdate = 12 February 2013}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 11:50, 6 September 2016

Camille Claudel 1915
Film poster
Directed byBruno Dumont
Written byBruno Dumont
Produced byRachid Bouchareb
Jean Brehat
Muriel Merlin
StarringJuliette Binoche
CinematographyGuillaume Deffontaines
Edited byBruno Dumont
Basile Belkhiri
Music byJohann Sebastian Bach
Distributed byWild Bunch
Release dates
  • 12 February 2013 (2013-02-12) (Berlin)
  • 13 March 2013 (2013-03-13) (France)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Camille Claudel 1915 is a 2013 French biographical film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.[1]

Plot

At the end of her career the sculptor Camille Claudel seems to suffer with mental issues. She destroys more than once her own statues and utters repeatedly that her former lover Auguste Rodin intended to make her life miserable. Consequently her younger brother Paul sends her to an asylum in the outskirts of Avignon. Claudel tries to convince her doctor she is perfectly sane, while living among patients who obviously are not. She is desperate to see her brother again, hoping he might eventually support her plea.

Cast

  • Juliette Binoche as Camille Claudel
  • Jean-Luc Vincent as Paul Claudel
  • Robert Leroy as the doctor
  • Emmanuel Kauffman as the priest
  • Marion Keller as Miss Blanc
  • Armelle Leroy-Rolland as the young novice

Reception

According to Cine Vue's Patrick Gamble the filmmaker Bruno Dumont has delivered an "incredibly compassionate and humble observation of a tortured artist".[2] Variety's Guy Lodge described the film as a "moving account of a brief period in the later life of the troubled sculptress" and appreciated Juliette Binoche's impersonation of Camille Claudel as nothing less than "mesmerising".[3] Screen International's Jonathan Romney ranked this film as "an amplification and indeed a deepening" of Dumont's hitherto existing accomplishments and artistic impact.[4] Eric Kohn of IndieWire stated the film had a "concision" which displayed "an exactitude worthy of Robert Bresson".[5] Analysing the film in depth for The Hollywood Reporter, Jordan Mintzer summed up the film in his "bottom line": "An unsettling portrait of the artist as a mad woman, anchored by a riveting lead performance".[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale Competition 2013: Another Nine Films Confirmed". berlinale. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Berlin Film Festival 2013: 'Camille Claudel 1915' review". Cine Vue. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. ^ "'Camille Claudel 1915' review". Variety. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Camille Claudel 1915". Screen International. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Berlin Review: Juliette Binoche Delivers Commanding Performance In Bruno Dumont's Powerful Crisis of Faith Drama 'Camille Claudel 1915'". IndieWire. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Camille Claudel 1915: Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 February 2013.

External links

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