Basic
Info
Title:
Séraphine
Genre:
Drama
Country:
France, Belgium
Language:
French, German
Running
time: 125 minutes
Release
date: 1 October 2008 (France)
Staff
Director:
Martin Provost
Producer:
Milena Poylo, Gilles Sacuto
Screenplay:
Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost
Music:
Michael Galasso
Cinematography:
Laurent Brunet
Editor:
Ludo Troch
Cast
Yolande Moreau as Séraphine Louis
Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde
Anne Bennent as Anne-Marie Uhde
Geneviève Mnich as Madame Duphot
Nico Rogner as Helmut Kolle
Adélaïde Leroux as Minouche
Serge Larivière as Duval
Françoise Lebrun as Mother Superior
Anne Benoît as Madame Delonge
Summary
"Séraphine" is a 2008
French-Belgian film directed by Martin Provost and written by Marc Abdelnour
and Provost. The film starred Yolande Moreau as the French painter Séraphine
Louis and Ulrich Tukur as Wilhelm Uhde. It won the 2009 César Award for Best
Film.
The film follows the life of
Séraphine Louis, a middle-aged housekeeper, who has a remarkable talent for
painting. Although uneducated in art, she follows the perceptions of religious
inspiration and appreciates the beauty of nature, gazing at trees on her daily
walks to work.
Eminent art critic Uhde, first
meets Séraphine as a housekeeper, but when he sees her painting, he realizes
that she has great talent in painting. Séraphine feels that she is just a
housekeeper and no one will take her seriously, but Uhde tells her that she has
a talent for painting. Then he promises to take care of her and promote her
paintings, telling Séraphine to follow her talents. But Uhde, who was a German,
has to flee from France and leave Séraphine at the time of the war in 1914, but
she continues to do her paintings.
In 1927, Uhde meets Séraphine again
and considers her paintings to be greatly improved. He starts buying her
paintings and gives her a generous salary, encouraging her to do nothing but
paint. However, as the Great Depression progresses, Uhde can no longer sell her
paintings, and Séraphine is frustrated and mentally affected by learning that
Uhde regards her as a means of making money.
After she rouses the town while
wearing her bridal gown, she is locked in a mental hospital and eventually
stops painting. Uhde visits the hospital to meet her but the hospital advises
him not to meet her because it would upset her. He decides to take care of her
and secures her a room in the hospital where she can go outside so that she can
enjoy the beauty of nature again.
Later, in 1942, the death of Séraphine is
revealed, and her works became famous and respected.
Movie
Review
“A visionary artist, her sometime
mentor, and her sad decline”
“Séraphine itself is a work of art”
“An Obsession to Paint”
“Polished enchantment”
“As amazing as the paintings
themselves”
“Loved this true story! Great film!”
“Good French movie”
Interesting
stories about the film
Since the film's release, the
number of visitors at the museum of Senlis exhibiting Séraphine's works has
quadrupled (August 2009).
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