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Séraphine is a french film of genre Drama directed by Martin Provost released in USA on 1 october 2008 with Yolande Moreau

Séraphine (2008)

Séraphine
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Released in USA 1 october 2008
Length 2h5
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical
Rating73% 3.6929653.6929653.6929653.6929653.692965

Séraphine is a 2008 French-Belgian film directed by Martin Provost and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau as the French painter Séraphine Louis and Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde. It won the 2009 César Award for Best Film.

Synopsis

The film follows the life of a middle-aged housekeeper, Séraphine Louis, who has a remarkable talent for painting. Untaught and following what she regards as religious inspiration she finds great appreciation in the beauty found in nature, especially her daily walks to work where she proudly and humbly stops to gaze at trees. In the beginning, it is noted that she stops to collect soil from plants as well as some blood from a dead pig. Later, in her small home lit by candles she is seen using these same ingredients while creating her art. At one point when her art begins to be seen, she is asked how she achieves the unusual effect in her "rouge" (reds). She replies that she prefers to keep that a secret.

Actors

Yolande Moreau

(Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis)
Ulrich Tukur

(Wilhelm Uhde)
Geneviève Mnich

(Mme Duphot)
Adélaïde Leroux

(Minouche)
Anne Bennent

(Anne-Marie Uhde)
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