Camille Claudel (film)

Camille Claudel
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBruno Nuytten
Written by
  • Bruno Nuytten
  • Marilyn Goldin
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPierre Lhomme
Edited by
  • Joëlle Hache
  • Jeanne Kef
Music byGabriel Yared
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 7 December 1988 (1988-12-07) (France)
Running time
175 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$23.7 million

Camille Claudel is a 1988 French biographical drama film about the life of 19th-century sculptor Camille Claudel. The film's screenplay was based on the book by Reine-Marie Paris, granddaughter of Camille's younger brother Paul Claudel, a poet and diplomat.

It was directed by Bruno Nuytten, co-produced by Isabelle Adjani, and starred her and Gérard Depardieu. The film had a total of 2,717,136 admissions in France. Adjani was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role, the second in her career.