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"Camille Claudel"
1990
Directed by Bruno Nuytten

Intense performances by Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu add fire to this adaptation of the family-"authorized" biography of overlooked sculptress Camille Claudel. After years of living with master sculptor Auguste Rodin (Depardieu) as pupil and lover, Claudel fell into a paranoid depression when he left her. Her disapproving family had her committed to a mental institution, where she wasted away for the remaining 30 years of her life. Adjani won a Cesar for her performance in this tragic story. French with English subtitles.
149 minutes.