Seraphine
Séraphine
2008, Film, 125 min, Biography, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 68
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.
Directed by Martin Provost
Cast
- Yolande Moreau as Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis
- Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde
- Anne Bennent as Anne-Marie Uhde
- Geneviève Mnich as Mme Duphot
- Adélaïde Leroux as Minouche
- Nico Rogner as Helmut Kolle
- Françoise Lebrun as La mère supérieure
- Hélène Hardouin as La propriétaire
- Serge Larivière as Duval
- Léna Bréban as Soeur Marguerite
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