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SÉRAPHINE is the story of Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (Yolande Moreau), a simple and profoundly devout housekeeper who in 1905 at age 41, self-taught and with the instigation of her guardian angel began painting brilliantly colorful canvases.
In 1912 Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tukur), a German art critic and collector - he was one of the first collectors of Picasso and champion of naïve primitive painter Le Douanier Rousseau - discovered her paintings while she worked for him as a maid in his house in Senlis outside Paris.
A moving and unexpected relationship develops between the avant-garde art dealer and the visionary cleaning lady leading to Séraphine’s work being grouped with other naïve painters – the so-called “Sacred Heart Painters” - with acclaimed shows in France, elsewhere in Europe and eventually at New York’s MOMA . Martin Provost’s poignant portrait of this now largely forgotten painter is a testament to the mysteries of creativity and the resilience of one woman’s spirit.
Movie information
| Release Date (USA): | 2009-06-05 |
| Rating (USA): | NA |
| Release Date (UK): | 2009-11-27 |
| Rating (UK) : | NA |
| Director: | Martin Provost |
| Producer: | Milena Poylo; Gilles Sacuto |
| Studio: | N/A |
| Writer/s: | Martin Provost; Marc Abdelnour |
Cast
| Yolande Moreau | Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis |
| Ulrich Tukur | Wilhelm Uhde |
| Anne Bennent | Anne-Marie Uhde |
| Geneviève Mnich | Mme Duphot |
| Nico Rogner | Helmut Kolle |
| Adélaïde Leroux | Minouche |
| Serge Larivière | Duval |
| Françoise Lebrun | La mère supérieure |
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