Winter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France, where she will never sculpt again, Camille Claudel 1915 is the chronicle of the great artists reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, the poet Paul Claudel.
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 was first Auguste Rodin’s student, then his mistress for fifteen years, until she left him in 1895.
In 1913, following the death of her father, having spent ten years as a recluse in her studio in Paris, she was confined by her family, first to the mental hospital at the nearby Ville Evrard, then to an asylum at Montdevergues, in the Vaucluse. There is no evidence that she was suffering from any mental illness.
Camille Claudel 1915 originated from a voice message Juliette Binoche left for director Bruno Dumont expressing her desire to collaborate with him. Dumont was reading a book about Claudel at the time and quickly he began to imagine Juliette Binoche as Claudel. Playing Camille Claudel was a long held ambition of Juliette Binoche’s. Controversially Dumont choose to cast real psychiatric patients as the other patients in the movie.
Premièring at the 63rd Berlin Film Festival in 2013, Camille Claudel 1915 was an immediate success with critics. Juliette Binoche was nominated for a Prix Lumière for Best Actress for her role in Camille Claudel 1915.
Camille Claudel
Paul Claudel
Le médecin
Mlle Blanc
L’interne
Le prêtre
Soeur Florence
Soeur Nicole
Pensionnaire entravée
Pensionnaire bain
Soeur Sandra
Soeur Régine
La jeune soeur novice
Juliette Binoche
Jean-Luc Vincent
Robert Leroy
Marion Keller
Eric Jacoulet
Emmanuel Kauffman
Florence Philippe
Nicole Faurite
Myriam Allain
Claire Peyrade
Sandra Rivera
Régine Gayte
Armelle Leroy-Rolland
Directed by
Screenplay
Produced by
Cinematography by
Film editing by
Production design by
Art direction by
Costume design by
Production manager
First assistant director
Sound
Stills photographer
Produced by
In association with
Bruno Dumont
Bruno Dumont
Rachid Bouchareb
Jean Bréhat
Rémi Burah
Véronique Cayla
Muriel Merlin
Guillaume Deffontaines
Basile Belkhiri
Riton Dupire-Clément
Riton Dupire-Clément
Alexandra Charles
Brigitte Massay-Sersour
Cedric Ettouati
Cyril Pavaux
Philippe Lecoeur
Roger Arpajou
3B Productions
Arte France Cinéma
C.R.R.A.V. Nord Pas de Calais
Canal+
Region PACA
a film by Bruno dumont
2013
I didn’t even question the role, I just knew I wanted to work with Bruno Dumont. Because, to me, he is the most talented director in France.
I have nostalgia for Tarkovsky and Dreyer and because I cannot work with them, I’m going to “invent”
a Dreyer relationship! Dumont is closest, in a way, to that world."
Indiewire – 20 Feb '13
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French trailer with English subtitles
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Juliette Binoche and Bruno Dumont
talk about Camille Claudel 1915
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2013 Berlin International Film Festival press conference
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2013 Berlin International Film Festival red carpet
"Magnificat" by Johann Sebastian Bach
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