Séraphine (2008)2h05
History · Drama
Director Martin Provost
Also directed How to Be a Good Wife, The Midwife, Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe, and 4 more
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.
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Cast
Yolande Moreau
Ulrich Tukur
Anne Bennent
Geneviève Mnich
Nico Rogner
Adélaïde Leroux
Françoise Lebrun
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