Séraphine

Oct 1, 2008

2h 5m

★ 6.8

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.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

TS Productions

Diaphana Films

Roissy Films

Canal+

Séraphine Trailers

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Cast

Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis

Yolande Moreau

Wilhelm Uhde

Ulrich Tukur

Anne-Marie Uhde

Anne Bennent

Mme Duphot

Geneviève Mnich

Helmut Kolle

Nico Rogner

Minouche

Adélaïde Leroux

La mère supérieure

Françoise Lebrun

La propriétaire

Hélène Hardouin

Duval

Serge Larivière

Sœur Marguerite

Léna Bréban

Marie-Louise

Sandrine Bodenes

Berthe

Muriel Riou

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