Camille Montes

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Camille Montes Rivero
James Bond character
Portrayed byOlga Kurylenko
In-universe information
AffiliationBolivian Intelligence
ClassificationBond girl[citation needed]

Camille Montes Rivero is a fictional character in the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace portrayed by actress Olga Kurylenko.[1][2]

Film biography

Camille is a

Quantum
, to get to Medrano, but Greene soon grows suspicious of her and plots to kill her.

Camille arranges a meeting with a geologist selling classified information that is detrimental to Greene's

front company, Greene Planet. However, Greene has already hired assassin Edmund Slate (Neil Jackson
) to pose as the geologist (whom Camille has not met in person) and kill Camille. Bond intercepts and eliminates Slate, taking his suitcase without knowledge of its contents. Camille sees Bond with the suitcase and mistakenly thinks he is the geologist. When Bond opens the suitcase, he unintentionally reveals Slate's gun and documents, indicating Camille as a target. Thinking Bond intends to kill her, Camille tries to shoot him and escapes. She later discovers Greene's betrayal, prompting Bond to rescue her. Together, they join forces to pursue Greene and Medrano.

Bond leaves Camille for a short period of time after she is knocked unconscious during a boat chase[4] in Haiti to follow Greene to Austria, tracking him to a performance of Tosca. Camille soon appears at Greene's formal fundraising party to ruin it. Greene attempts to push her from a balcony but, once again, Bond saves her life.

Bond intervenes and takes her away from Greene, using

Rene Mathis (Giancarlo Giannini
).

Camille and Bond track Greene and Medrano to a desert

eco-hotel
. While Bond goes to fight Greene and his men, Camille faces Medrano, who attempts to rape and kill her. Camille gains the advantage and eliminates the dictator with a single shot to the head. Amidst the collapsing hotel, Bond protects Camille from the fire and assists her in escaping. Bond leaves Greene stranded in the desert, then drives Camille to a train station for her journey home. Before parting ways, they share a brief kiss, and Camille wishes Bond success in overcoming his challenges.

Behind the scenes

Barbara Broccoli said that she intended for Camille to return for Skyfall or a future film.[5] The character did not appear in Skyfall, however, nor the subsequent Bond films, Spectre and No Time to Die.

Analysis

Laurieann Gibson argued that Montes is "arguably a female version of Bond rather than a Bond girl." Gibson goes on to point out that her mission was accomplished first, whereas in previous Bond films, "women's individual missions were secondary to or subsumed by Bond's."[6] Montes is also a rarity in that she does not have sex with Bond.[7]

Plenty O'Toole.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Camille". MI6: The Home of James Bond 007. January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ Orquiola, John (26 September 2020). "Quantum Of Solace (2008) – Camille Montes". James Bond: Every Bond Girl Who Didn't Die. ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. ^ "The Secrets of Quantum of Solace". IGN. April 5, 2008. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
  4. ^ "Olga Kurylenko almost died while filming Quantum of Solace boat stunt". Film News. 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Daniel To Do Third Bond". Heart 106.2. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2008-10-30.[dead link]
  6. ISBN 9781350058279
    . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  7. ISBN 9781480337862
    . Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. The Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via RogerEbert.com
    .


Preceded by Bond girl (main sidekick)
2008 		Succeeded by
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