Camille Claudel (film) genre biographical film
Premise
The film recounts the troubled life of French child prodigy sculptor Camille Claudel and her long relationship with the (married) sculptor Auguste Rodin. She was the daughter of a devoutly Catholic, socialite mother and a wealthy, French businessman, while the latter was sympathetic to her highly iconoclastic, secular art, her mother found it odious. Beginning in the 1880s, with the 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. After Claudel's father dies, she's at the mercy of her mother's ire. These difficulties combine with her increasing doubts about the value of her work drive Claudel into an emotional tumult, and while her zealot mother wants her institutionalized, her sympathetic brother tries to comfort her and promote her artwork.
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