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Camille Claudel
I do not know Isabella Adjani's standing as an actress. I have only seen three of her movies and they were so different that it is impossible to decide if her performance in Camille Claudel was an exception or the rule. One other film i saw her in was Subway which starred Christopher Lambert and could have been played by any woman who was strikingly beautiful. I know she once starred in a movie about demon possession and i know she starred in Queen Margot which seems more along the lines of Camille Claudel as far as talent required. I have also seen her play Victor Hugo's daughter in Adele H. (interesting since she is playing Hugo's mistress in Camille Claudel). At this point I would have to guess that she is truly talented, while having to settle for some lesser roles along the way..
Depardieu plays Hugo who takes Camille as his mistress only to throw her away when she becomes a competitor rather than just a student who was willing to sleep with him. When he realizes that she is not willing to be satisfied with helping him with his career, and wishes to be recognized for her own work, he turns on her and does all he can to see that her art is not recognized and that her career is sabotaged.
Over a period of time she has what today would probably be called a nervous or mental breakdown that could be treated in today's treatments, but resulted in her spending the rest of her life in a mental institution against her will (Hugo and her family made sure that she was left there). . I need to find out how accurate the movie was, but the only way to do tat is to find a biography on her and take time I do not currently have to read it. If the movie was faithful to her life at all, it would be a tragedy. Highly recommended.
Camille Claudel
I do not know Isabella Adjani's standing as an actress. I have only seen three of her movies and they were so different that it is impossible to decide if her performance in Camille Claudel was an exception or the rule. One other film i saw her in was Subway which starred Christopher Lambert and could have been played by any woman who was strikingly beautiful. I know she once starred in a movie about demon possession and i know she starred in Queen Margot which seems more along the lines of Camille Claudel as far as talent required. I have also seen her play Victor Hugo's daughter in Adele H. (interesting since she is playing Hugo's mistress in Camille Claudel). At this point I would have to guess that she is truly talented, while having to settle for some lesser roles along the way..
Depardieu plays Hugo who takes Camille as his mistress only to throw her away when she becomes a competitor rather than just a student who was willing to sleep with him. When he realizes that she is not willing to be satisfied with helping him with his career, and wishes to be recognized for her own work, he turns on her and does all he can to see that her art is not recognized and that her career is sabotaged.
Over a period of time she has what today would probably be called a nervous or mental breakdown that could be treated in today's treatments, but resulted in her spending the rest of her life in a mental institution against her will (Hugo and her family made sure that she was left there). . I need to find out how accurate the movie was, but the only way to do tat is to find a biography on her and take time I do not currently have to read it. If the movie was faithful to her life at all, it would be a tragedy. Highly recommended.