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.
Stills
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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
Screenings in Brussels
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