Séraphine

Séraphine
Director
Martin Provost
Country
France, Belgium
Year
2008
Genre
Biography, Drama
Scriptwriters
Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost
Cast
Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent
Production
TS Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Climax Films

Storyline

In 1914, Wilhelm Uhde, a famous German art collector, rents an apartment in the town of Senlis, forty kilometers away from Paris, in order to write and to take a rest from the hectic life he has been living in the capital. The cleaning lady is a rather rough-and-ready forty-year-old woman who is the laughing stock of others. One day, Wilhelm who has been invited by his landlady, notices a small painting lying about in her living room. He is stunned to learn that the artist is no other than Séraphine.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

César 2009
Best Film: Gilles Sacuto (producer), Miléna Poylo (producer), Martin Provost (director)
Best Actress: Yolande Moreau
Best Original Screenplay: Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost
Best Cinematography: Laurent Brunet
Best Production Design: Thierry François
Best Costume Design: Madeline Fontaine
Best Music Written for a Film: Michael Galasso

Releases

United kingdom (27 of November 2009)