Séraphine 2008
Directed by Martin Provost | Starring: Adélaïde Leroux, Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent
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 Great Depression and World War II.