- published: 26 Aug 2013
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François-Auguste-René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917), known as Auguste Rodin ( /oʊˈɡuːst roʊˈdæn/ oh-GOOST roh-DAN; French: [oɡyst ʁɔdɛ̃]), was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art.
Sculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. Many of his most notable sculptures were roundly criticized during his lifetime. They clashed with the predominant figure sculpture tradition, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic. Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality. Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, but refused to change his style. Successive works brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community.
Actors: Françoise Castro (writer), Bernard Malaterre (writer), Bernard Malaterre (director), Paul Barrett (actor), Jacques Bondoux (actor), Cyril Descours (actor), Camille Duflos (costume designer), Anne Bettenfeld (editor), Birgit Ludwig (actress), Catherine Chauvière (actress), David Kersan (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Antero Alli (editor), Antero Alli (producer), Antero Alli (director), Antero Alli (writer), Antero Alli (actor), Sylvi Alli (producer), Sylvi Alli (actress), Sylvi Alli (composer), Lee Vogt (actor), Rainer Maria Rilke (writer), Chris Odell (editor), Jodie Evans (producer), Nick Walker (actor), Felecia Faulkner (actress), Junichi Kakutani (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Tethered to the netherworld of ghosts, muses, and dreams, a poet transforms his lament over the tragic death and loss of his friend and fellow artist into an epic work of literature. In 1908 Rainer Maria Rilke wrote his "Requiem For a Friend" over two dream-filled nights at the Hotel Biron in Paris. A hundred years later an experimental theatre group in Berkeley California prepares to stage his "Requiem" as an avante garde performance ritual. Time shifts to and fro as impressions of the contemporary era begin haunting Rilke's night dreams and consequently, inspiring the creative processes of writing his tribute to artist Paula Modersohn-Becker, who unexpectedly died eighteen days after birthing her first child. Part bio-pic and narrative fiction, "The Greater Circulation" is a cinematic treatment of Rilke's powerful prose addressing the central drama of all women who feel torn between sacrificing their lives to their Art or to Motherhood.
Keywords: dead-mother, literary-adaptation, poetry, rilke, theatre-lifeActors: Gabriel Yared (composer), Christian Fechner (producer), Danièle Lebrun (actress), Anne-Marie Pisani (actress), Isabelle Adjani (producer), Isabelle Adjani (actress), Jean-Pierre Sentier (actor), François Berléand (actor), Gérard Depardieu (actor), Alain Cuny (actor), Philippe Clévenot (actor), Madeleine Robinson (actress), Maxime Leroux (actor), Hélène Sébillotte (miscellaneous crew), Joëlle Hache (editor),
Plot: Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and for Rodin. She also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow...
Keywords: alcohol, art, art-exhibition, auguste-rodin, based-on-book, belle-epoque, boy, brother-sister-relationship, camille-claudel, cat