Camille Claudel
by Jim Ridley
As the 19th century sculptor who became the mistress of Auguste Rodin (Gerard Depardieu) and dared to assert herself as his artistic equal--and eventually spent the last three decades of her life in a madhouse--Isabelle Adjani won an Oscar nomination for ripping through period-piece politesse in Bruno Nuytten's 1988 biopic. An extension of her amour fou tour de force in Truffaut's The Story of Adele H., the subtitled movie screens in conjunction with the Frist's Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession exhibit, free and open to the public.
Fri., Sept. 19, 7 p.m., 2008
Fri., Sept. 19, 7 p.m., 2008
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