CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915, the latest offering from cult French director Bruno Dumont, stars Juliette Binoche in a moving portrayal of an artist denied her art. The film allows us a glimpse into Claudel's life two years after being committed to an asylum by her family, as she waits for her brother to release her.
Born in 1864 in Aisne, Northern France, Camille Claudel was a sculptress, the older sister of the writer Paul Claudel, her junior by 4 years. She is first Auguste Rodin's student, then his mistress for fifteen years, until she leaves him in 1895.
In 1913, following the death of her father, having spent ten years as a recluse in her studio on the quai Bourbon in Paris, she is confined by her family, first to the mental hospital at Ville Evrard near Paris, then to an asylum at Montdevergues, in the Vaucluse.
1 июн 2014
