Camille 2000

Camille 2000
File:Camille-2000-poster.jpg Italian film poster
Directed by	Radley Metzger
Produced by	Radley Metzger
Written by	Michael de Forrest
Starring	Daniele Gaubert Nino Castelnuovo Eleonora Rossi-Drago Philippe Forquet Roberto Bisacco
Music by	Piero Piccioni
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Release dates	1969 (1969)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	Italy

Camille 2000 is a 1969 Italian language film based on the 1852 novel and play La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils. It was adapted by Michael DeForrest and directed by Radley Metzger. It stars Danièle Gaubert and Nino Castelnuovo with Eleonora Rossi Drago and Massimo Serato. The film featured a drug use theme not present in the source story. It may have been considered a pornographic film in 1969 but is more of a drama based on the expectations of a man finding the wrong love.

Plot

Marguerite, a beautiful woman of affairs, falls for the young and promising Armand, but sacrifices her love for him for the sake of his future and reputation.

Cast

• Danièle Gaubert as Marguerite Gautier
• Nino Castelnuovo as Armand Duval
• Eleonora Rossi Drago as Prudence (credited as Eleonora Rossi-Drago)
• Roberto Bisacco as Gastion
• Massimo Serato as Armand's father
• Silvana Venturelli as Olympe

Reception

The film was critically panned and has 17% on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert summed up the film in his one-star review as thus: "Camille 2000 is shot in color. It is dubbed into English instead of subtitled. It is wide screen. It has a pretty girl in it. Her name is Daniele Gaubert. Whoever painted that big sign in front of the theater has an accurate critical sense. The sign says: "See Daniele Gaubert presented in the nude ... and with great frequency." That captures the essence of Metzger's art." On August 11, 2005, he added the film to his "Most Hated List."

See also

• Camille (disambiguation)

External links

• Camille 2000 at IMDb
• Camille 2000 at AllMovie
• Camille 2000 (1969) at rogerebert.com