Camille Claudel 1915 / Камилла Клодель

FRANCE
2013, 97 MIN.

Director & scriptwriter Bruno Dumont
Camera Guillaume Deffontaines
Design Laurent Dupire-Clément
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Emmanuel Kauffman, Marion Keller, Armelle Leroy-Rolland, Robert Leroy
Producers Rachid Bouchareb, Jean Bréhat, Rémi Burah, Véronique Cayla, Muriel Merlin
Production 3B Productions, arte France Cinéma, C.R.R.A.V. Nord Pas de Calais, Canal+, Region PACA

Camille Claudel is an outstanding sculptor and Auguste Rodin’s muse. Their long tragic love affair was talked about throughout France. After the tragic break-up the lady artist, who destroyed almost all her works, is locked-up in a psychiatric asylum in the South of France with the consent of her family. The action is set in 1915.  Camille’s hopes of finding understanding and appreciation of her talent are finally shattered. The sole meaning of her existence is to wait for the arrival of her dearly loved brother, a well-known writer and poet Paul Claudel.

BRUNO DUMONT

Born in 1958 in Bailleul, France. He has taught philosophy and directed more than forty commercials, shorts and documentaries. He is the director of features “The Life of Jesus” (1997, Golden Camera – Special Mention at the Cannes IFF and many other awards), “Humanity” (1999, Grand Prize of the Jury, Prizes for the Best Actor and for the Best Actress at the Cannes IFF), “Twentynine Palms” (2003), “Flanders” (2006, Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes IFF), “Hadewijch” (2009, prize at the Toronto IFF), “Outside Satan” (2011).