Hello everyone,
For this Wednesday, we are showing a French movie "Camille Claudel",
directed by Bruno Nuytten. Since
it is a three-hour long movie, we will need to start
the movie at 6pm instead of 6:30 just for this one
(more details below).
Please feel free to pass the message around and
invite your friends. Hope you can join us.
Regards,
Tom Co
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Title: Camille Claudel
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 7, 6:00-9:30
Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock
Director: Bruno Nuytten
Partial List of Characters:
Isabelle Adjani ...
Gérard Depardieu
Madeleine Robinson
Laurent Grévill
Philippe Clévenot
Katrine Boorman
Maxime Leroux
US Rating: R
Language: French (with English subtitles)
Length: 175 mins
Media: DVD, color
Summary: (from www.wikipedia.org)
"The film recounts the troubled life of
French sculptor Camille Claudel and her
long relationship with legendary sculptor
Auguste Rodin. Beginning in the 1880s with
a young Claudel's first meeting with Rodin,
the film traces the development of their
intense romantic bond. The growth of this
relationship coincides with the rise of
Claudel's career, helping her overcome
prejudices against female artists. However,
their romance soon sours, due to the increasing
pressures of Rodin's fame and his love for
another woman. These difficulties combine with
her increasing doubts about the value of her
work drive Claudel into an emotional tumult
that threatens to become insanity."
My Comments:
A very interesting biopic about an artist
who unfortunately had to deal with gender
barriers and had disastrous affair/conflict with
another much more established artist, Rodin.
The performance of Isabelle Adjani is very
good (she was nominated for Best Actress in
the 1990 Academy Awards...and she was also
an executive producer of the movie). Gerard
Depardieu is also very good.
The movie is a long one, so we will start
at 6pm this week instead of the regular
6:30.
