A major scene in the movie depicts the announcement of the death of Victor Hugo. In L'histoire d'Adèle H. (1975), Isabelle Adjani played Adèle Hugo, Victor Hugo's daughter who, like Camille Claudel, suffered from schizophrenia.
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Alain Cuny who plays Camille and Paul Claudel's father actually met Paul Claudel in 1944, the poet and dramatist personally chose him to play Pierre de Craon in his play: The Tidings Brought to Mary.