Jean-Luc Vincent

Juliette Binoche gives a mesmerizing performance as sculptor Camille Claudel, Auguste Rodin's protégé and later mistress. Inspired by the correspondence with her brother, Christian/mystic poet Paul Claudel, award-winning director Bruno Dumont focuses on Claudel's struggle to find understanding and recognition as an artist while she is confined to a mental institution.

No one’s enjoying Dumont’s foray into comedy more than us. The former king of New French Extremity has proven to take slapstick like a duck to water with this darkly twisted, hysterically funny whodunnit meets class satire. Plus—to close our devoted tribute—Binoche like you’ve never seen her before.