Rodin

Rodin

115 minutes
2017
France / Belgium Biography / Drama

We only find beauty by working. Without it, we are doomed. An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation. More than a decade of work and passionate engagement ensues. Breakup follows reconciliation until Camille makes the final separation from which she will not recover, and from which Rodin himself will emerge deeply wounded. The film also recounts the artist's numerous affairs with assistants and models, as well as his relationship with Rose Beuret, his lifelong partner. We discover Rodin as an erotically charged sensualist, for whom art is a profoundly sexual delight - a sculptor of flesh in movement, who gives life to the very stone itself.

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2017
France / Belgium Biography / Drama

We only find beauty by working. Without it, we are doomed.

An account of the famous French sculptor's romance with Camille Claudel.

Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), man of the people, autodidact and revolutionary sculptor - the most brilliant of his era. At 42, Rodin meets Camille Claudel, a young woman desperate to become his assistant. He quickly acknowledges her as his most able pupil, and treats her as an equal in matters of creation. More than a decade of work and passionate engagement ensues. Breakup follows reconciliation until Camille makes the final separation from which she will not recover, and from which Rodin himself will emerge deeply wounded. The film also recounts the artist's numerous affairs with assistants and models, as well as his relationship with Rose Beuret, his lifelong partner. We discover Rodin as an erotically charged sensualist, for whom art is a profoundly sexual delight - a sculptor of flesh in movement, who gives life to the very stone itself.

Creators

Philippe Sarde, Jacques Doillon

Cast

Régis Royer, Nathalie Bécue, Izïa Higelin, Patricia Mazuy, Vincent Lindon, Guylène Péan, Anthony Bajon, Pascal Casanova, Séverine Caneele, Serge Nicolai, Maxence Tual, Edward Akrout, Pauline Cousty

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2017
MFF Cannes
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