Camille Claudel 1915 (2013) l'abandon de Camille (Camille's Abandonment)

  • 9 years ago
I am not capable to describe this scene, so, I'll put here exactly what she says in english then you can feel it through her words

"I'm here without knowing why.
How long will it last, this joke?
Longer still?
I'd like to know.
I am incarcerated as a criminal.
Worse.
No lawyer...
... nor my family want to help me
out of this hell.
I am deprived of freedom...
... fire...
... food and basic amenities.
It's made me into what you want.
Even my parents abandoned me.
They respond to my complaints by...
... complete silence.
This is awful, to be abandoned
in this manner.
I cannot resist the
grief that overwhelms me.
Mum and my sister...
... have kidnapped me in a most
comprehensive fashion.
No letter, no visit.
They stake a lot that I'll
never get out of here.
They take my legacy.
So you blame me?
Having lived all alone?
Having spent my life with cats?
They have a mania of persecution.
These fine gentlemen pounced on me...
... to seize all my works...
... and let me spend as long as
possible in prison.
They are eager to turn this poor woman...
... who'd be for them a living accusation...
... an annoying phantom of their crime.
If there is no danger, they do not
let me out.
It's Rodin who has this in his claws.
It's Rodin who used them to seize
my workshop.
He holds them in his claws...
... they cannot move
without his permission.
For a long time, it was fixed...
... in such a way that I could not...
... dare leave the house.
As soon as I was absent,
gentlemen came home...
... searched in my books and
took my sketches.
It's Rodin, preparing to do the same job.
He found in them accomplices
and an excuse.
Please do what you can to free me.
I have no intention of claiming.
I'm not strong enough for that.
I live in my corner,
as I have always done.
The life I lead here does not suit me.
This is too hard for me.
Sorry to tell you so frankly."

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