Directed by:
Martin ProvostCinematography:
Laurent BrunetComposer:
Michael GalassoCast:
Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Geneviève Mnich, Nico Rogner, Adélaïde Leroux, Serge Larivière, Léna Breban, Françoise Lebrun, Corentin Lobet, Anne Benoît (more)VOD (1)
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SERAPHINE centers on Séraphine de Senlis (Yolande Moreau), a simple housekeeper whose brilliantly colorful canvases adorn some of the most famous galleries in the world. Wilhelm Uhde, a German art critic and collector (Ulrich Ukur) discovers her paintings while she is working for him as a maid in Senlis near Paris in the early part of the 20th century. Martin Provost’s fictionalized and tragic portrait of this forgotten painter is a testament to creativity and the resilience of one woman s spirit. In 1913, the German collector Wilhelm Uhde, the first Picasso buyer and discoverer of acclaimed naïve primitive painter Le Douanier Rousseau, rents an apartment in Senlis in order to write and take a break from his Parisian life. He hires a cleaning lady, Séraphine, 48 years old. Some time later, while visiting the home of a prominent local family, he notices a small painting on wood. His surprise is great when he finds out that it is by none other than Séraphine. A poignant and unexpected relationship then develops between the avant-garde art dealer and the visionary cleaning lady. (official distributor synopsis)
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Yolande Moreau
Belgium
Best movies:
Amélie (2001)
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Ulrich Tukur
West Germany
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Geneviève Mnich
France
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Nico Rogner
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Adélaïde Leroux
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Serge Larivière
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Léna Breban
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Françoise Lebrun
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Corentin Lobet
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Anne Benoît
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Anne Bennent
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Sandrine Bodenes
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Christine Garrivet
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Josette Ménard
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Xavier Pottier
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Jean-Pascal Abribat
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Hélène Hardouin
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