Séraphine

2008·125'

Martin Provost

DramaHistory

FR - French

Letterboxd TMDB #14415

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.

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 Françoise Lebrun La mère supérieure Hélène Hardouin La propriétaire Serge Larivière Duval Léna Bréban Sœur Marguerite Sandrine Bodenes Marie-Louise

Muriel Riou Berthe