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Séraphine(2008)
Status: Released
Date: 2008-10-01
67%
133 Votes
Time: 2h 5m
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.
Languages: German, French, Latin.
Countries:
France,
Belgium
ProductionCompanies: 
Roissy Films
Movie: Séraphine
Top 10 Billed Cast
Yolande Moreau
Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis
Ulrich Tukur
Wilhelm Uhde
Anne Bennent
Anne-Marie Uhde
Geneviève Mnich
Mme Duphot
Nico Rogner
Helmut Kolle
Adélaïde Leroux
Minouche
Françoise Lebrun
La mère supérieure
Hélène Hardouin
La propriétaire
Serge Larivière
Duval
Léna Bréban
Sœur Marguerite
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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.
Release Date
2008-10-01
Average
6.7
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
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Languages:
DeutschFrançaisLatin
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