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Séraphine (2008)

Séraphine (2008)

Drama History
Release Date: 2008, October 1
Directors: Martin Provost
Countries: Belgium, France
Production: TS Productions, Diaphana Films, Roissy Films, Canal+
Cast: Yolande Moreau, Françoise Lebrun, Dominique Pozzetto, Geneviève Mnich, Ulrich Tukur, Serge Larivière, Sandrine Bodenes, Léna Bréban, Anne Benoît, Nico Rogner, Anne Bennent, Xavier Pottier

Overview:

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.