Séraphine

Oct 1 2008 Unrated 2h 5m
Biography, Drama

The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of the Great Depression and World War II.

Plot

In 1914, Wilhelm Uhde, a famous German art collector, rents an apartment in the town of Senlis, forty kilometers away from Paris, in order to write and to take a rest from the hectic life he has been living in the capital. The cleaning lady is a rather rough-and-ready forty-year-old woman who is the laughing stock of others. One day, Wilhelm who has been invited by his landlady, notices a small painting lying about in her living room. He is stunned to learn that the artist is no other than Séraphine.

Written by

Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost

Directed by

Martin Provost

Cast

Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent

Crew

View crew

Production Countries

France, Belgium

Production Companies

TS Productions, Diaphana Films, Roissy Films, Canal+

Languages

Deutsch, Latin, Français

Awards

20 wins & 7 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
6,764
Average Rating
7.4 out of 10
Metascore
84
Popularity
NA