Camille Claudel Reviews

Even though I left France more than 10 years ago, I still try to catch a French movie once in a while and I'm especially interested in the winners of the César of the Best French movie. Fortunately, those are pretty often broadcasted on the Dutch and Belgium channels I have so that works actually pretty well. Eventually, I have to admit, I really loved this flick, probably one of the best French movies I have seen in the last 5 years. First of all, back in those days, Isabelle Adjani was probably the best French actress and, here, she worked with Gérard Depardieu, the best French actor of the last 30 years so if you love French movies, it doesn't get much better than this. And indeed, the acting was just great and the story was also really spellbinding. It did help as well that I have a weak spot for true stories dealing with artists. Indeed, I like those movies because, in the good ones at least, they show you how differently the mind of an artist work than most of us and how often destructive the creation of Art can be. This movie is a good example of this, I thought it was really fascinating to watch and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in French movies.