Séraphine (film)
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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
.
Uhde,a noted art critic, encounters her first as a housekeeper and then sees one of her artwork's, which he regards as very promising. Séraphine feels she is just a housekeeper and no one will take her seriously, where uhde firmly assures her she has a talent and he will look after her and exposing her art, he kindly tells her to follow her gift but he is a German and has to flee France when the 1914 war begins; Leaving séraphine in solitude. However, she is seen during this period creating more Art. The story then jumps to 1927. Uhde encounters Séraphine again and considers her now greatly improved. He begins buying her work and encouraging her to do nothing but paint. But prosperity upsets the woman's balance, she buys an expensive bridal gown even though she has no suitor and claims an important message from the angels. Uhde cannot sell her paintings and is also hit by the start of the Great Depression, and is forced to disappoint Séraphine who has begun to expect she is becoming someone with important means and wealth, this goes on to mentally affect her.
After rousing the town for no clear reason while wearing her bridal gown, she is put into a lunatic asylum and eventually stops painting. Uhde visits but is advised not to make contact since this would deeply upset her further, not even to tell her that he has finally sold some of her Artworks. He grew to care for her well being and secures her a room in the institution that enables her to go outside, where she begins to enjoy the beauties of nature again. We are then told that she died in 1942 and that her art became famous and respected.
This film is based on the real story of Artist Séraphine Louis which is told with a real sense of beauty. You believe that she is somehow being influenced by something powerful. The sense of place, feeling, and time are also depicted strong; to a point that it moves and inspires the viewer.
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
.
Uhde,a noted art critic, encounters her first as a housekeeper and then sees one of her artwork's, which he regards as very promising. Séraphine feels she is just a housekeeper and no one will take her seriously, where uhde firmly assures her she has a talent and he will look after her and exposing her art, he kindly tells her to follow her gift but he is a German and has to flee France when the 1914 war begins; Leaving séraphine in solitude. However, she is seen during this period creating more Art. The story then jumps to 1927. Uhde encounters Séraphine again and considers her now greatly improved. He begins buying her work and encouraging her to do nothing but paint. But prosperity upsets the woman's balance, she buys an expensive bridal gown even though she has no suitor and claims an important message from the angels. Uhde cannot sell her paintings and is also hit by the start of the Great Depression, and is forced to disappoint Séraphine who has begun to expect she is becoming someone with important means and wealth, this goes on to mentally affect her.
After rousing the town for no clear reason while wearing her bridal gown, she is put into a lunatic asylum and eventually stops painting. Uhde visits but is advised not to make contact since this would deeply upset her further, not even to tell her that he has finally sold some of her Artworks. He grew to care for her well being and secures her a room in the institution that enables her to go outside, where she begins to enjoy the beauties of nature again. We are then told that she died in 1942 and that her art became famous and respected.
This film is based on the real story of Artist Séraphine Louis which is told with a real sense of beauty. You believe that she is somehow being influenced by something powerful. The sense of place, feeling, and time are also depicted strong; to a point that it moves and inspires the viewer.
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
.
Uhde,a noted art critic, encounters her first as a housekeeper and then sees one of her artwork's, which he regards as very promising. Séraphine feels she is just a housekeeper and no one will take her seriously, where uhde firmly assures her she has a talent and he will look after her and exposing her art, he kindly tells her to follow her gift but he is a German and has to flee France when the 1914 war begins; Leaving séraphine in solitude. However, she is seen during this period creating more Art. The story then jumps to 1927. Uhde encounters Séraphine again and considers her now greatly improved. He begins buying her work and encouraging her to do nothing but paint. But prosperity upsets the woman's balance, she buys an expensive bridal gown even though she has no suitor and claims an important message from the angels. Uhde cannot sell her paintings and is also hit by the start of the Great Depression, and is forced to disappoint Séraphine who has begun to expect she is becoming someone with important means and wealth, this goes on to mentally affect her.
After rousing the town for no clear reason while wearing her bridal gown, she is put into a lunatic asylum and eventually stops painting. Uhde visits but is advised not to make contact since this would deeply upset her further, not even to tell her that he has finally sold some of her Artworks. He grew to care for her well being and secures her a room in the institution that enables her to go outside, where she begins to enjoy the beauties of nature again. We are then told that she died in 1942 and that her art became famous and respected.
This film is based on the real story of Artist Séraphine Louis which is told with a real sense of beauty. You believe that she is somehow being influenced by something powerful. The sense of place, feeling, and time are also depicted strong; to a point that it moves and inspires the viewer.
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
-Belgian film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Martin Provost
Martin Provost
Martin Provost is a French film director, writer and actor. He wrote and directed such films as Séraphine and Le ventre de Juliette.-Filmography:Director:*Cocon *Tortilla y cinema *Le ventre de Juliette...
and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau is a Belgian comedienne, actress and film director.-Biography:She has won two César Awards for Best Actress, in 2005 for When the Sea Rises and in 2009 for Séraphine....
as the French painter Séraphine Louis
Séraphine Louis
Séraphine Louis, known as "Séraphine de Senlis" , was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art...
and Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur is a German actor and musician.-Biography:Tukur spent his youth near Hanover where he finished his final secondary-school examinations in 1977. He also achieved a high school degree in Boston during an exchange of students where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he had two...
as Wilhelm Uhde
Wilhelm Uhde
Wilhelm Uhde was a German art collector, dealer, author and critic, an early collector of modernist painting, and a significant figure in the career of Henri Rousseau.-Biography:...
. It won the 2009
César Awards 2009
The 34th Annual César Awards ceremony was held by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on February 27, 2009. Canal+ broadcast the event, which took place again at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France...
César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
.
Plot
This is the story of a middle-aged housekeeper who has a gift unknown by anyone around her; the gift of painting. Untaught and following what she regards as religious inspiration she finds great appreciation in the beauty found in Nature, specially 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 a bit of the remaining 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 behind the effect in the "rouge" (Red) in her artwork, she goes on to say it is her most well kept secret.Uhde,a noted art critic, encounters her first as a housekeeper and then sees one of her artwork's, which he regards as very promising. Séraphine feels she is just a housekeeper and no one will take her seriously, where uhde firmly assures her she has a talent and he will look after her and exposing her art, he kindly tells her to follow her gift but he is a German and has to flee France when the 1914 war begins; Leaving séraphine in solitude. However, she is seen during this period creating more Art. The story then jumps to 1927. Uhde encounters Séraphine again and considers her now greatly improved. He begins buying her work and encouraging her to do nothing but paint. But prosperity upsets the woman's balance, she buys an expensive bridal gown even though she has no suitor and claims an important message from the angels. Uhde cannot sell her paintings and is also hit by the start of the Great Depression, and is forced to disappoint Séraphine who has begun to expect she is becoming someone with important means and wealth, this goes on to mentally affect her.
After rousing the town for no clear reason while wearing her bridal gown, she is put into a lunatic asylum and eventually stops painting. Uhde visits but is advised not to make contact since this would deeply upset her further, not even to tell her that he has finally sold some of her Artworks. He grew to care for her well being and secures her a room in the institution that enables her to go outside, where she begins to enjoy the beauties of nature again. We are then told that she died in 1942 and that her art became famous and respected.
This film is based on the real story of Artist Séraphine Louis which is told with a real sense of beauty. You believe that she is somehow being influenced by something powerful. The sense of place, feeling, and time are also depicted strong; to a point that it moves and inspires the viewer.
Awards and nominations
- César Awards
- Won: Best Actress – Leading RoleCésar Award for Best ActressList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
(Yolande Moreau) - Won: Best CinematographyCésar Award for Best CinematographyThe following are the winners of the annual César Award for Best Cinematography .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Laurent Brunet) - Won: Best Costume DesignCésar Award for Best Costume DesignThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Costume Design .-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Madeline Fontaine) - Won: Best FilmCésar Award for Best FilmThe winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
- Won: Best Music Written for a Film (Michael GalassoMichael GalassoMichael John Galasso was an American composer, violinist, and music director.-Film Scores:...
) - Won: Best Production DesignCésar Award for Best Production DesignThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Production Design .-Winners and nominees:*1976: Pierre Guffroy: Que la fête commence*1977: Alexandre Trauner: Monsieur Klein...
(Thierry François) - Won: Best Writing – OriginalCésar Award for Best WritingThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
(Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost) - Nominated: Best DirectorCésar Award for Best DirectorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Martin Provost) - Nominated: Best SoundCésar Award for Best SoundThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Sound .-Winners and nominees:*1976 : Nara Kollery *1977 : Jean-Pierre Ruh *1978 : Jacques Maumont...
(Emmanuel Croset, Ingrid Ralet and Philippe Vandendriessche)
- Won: Best Actress – Leading Role
- European Film Awards
- Nominated: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)
- Los Angeles Film Critics
- Won: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)
- National Society of Film CriticsNational Society of Film CriticsThe National Society of Film Critics is an American film critic organization. As of December 2007 the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers.-History:...
- Won: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)
External links
Séraphine is a 2008 French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
-Belgian film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Martin Provost
Martin Provost
Martin Provost is a French film director, writer and actor. He wrote and directed such films as Séraphine and Le ventre de Juliette.-Filmography:Director:*Cocon *Tortilla y cinema *Le ventre de Juliette...
and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau is a Belgian comedienne, actress and film director.-Biography:She has won two César Awards for Best Actress, in 2005 for When the Sea Rises and in 2009 for Séraphine....
as the French painter Séraphine Louis
Séraphine Louis
Séraphine Louis, known as "Séraphine de Senlis" , was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art...
and Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur is a German actor and musician.-Biography:Tukur spent his youth near Hanover where he finished his final secondary-school examinations in 1977. He also achieved a high school degree in Boston during an exchange of students where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he had two...
as Wilhelm Uhde
Wilhelm Uhde
Wilhelm Uhde was a German art collector, dealer, author and critic, an early collector of modernist painting, and a significant figure in the career of Henri Rousseau.-Biography:...
. It won the 2009
César Awards 2009
The 34th Annual César Awards ceremony was held by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on February 27, 2009. Canal+ broadcast the event, which took place again at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France...
César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
.
Plot
This is the story of a middle-aged housekeeper who has a gift unknown by anyone around her; the gift of painting. Untaught and following what she regards as religious inspiration she finds great appreciation in the beauty found in Nature, specially 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 a bit of the remaining 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 behind the effect in the "rouge" (Red) in her artwork, she goes on to say it is her most well kept secret.Uhde,a noted art critic, encounters her first as a housekeeper and then sees one of her artwork's, which he regards as very promising. Séraphine feels she is just a housekeeper and no one will take her seriously, where uhde firmly assures her she has a talent and he will look after her and exposing her art, he kindly tells her to follow her gift but he is a German and has to flee France when the 1914 war begins; Leaving séraphine in solitude. However, she is seen during this period creating more Art. The story then jumps to 1927. Uhde encounters Séraphine again and considers her now greatly improved. He begins buying her work and encouraging her to do nothing but paint. But prosperity upsets the woman's balance, she buys an expensive bridal gown even though she has no suitor and claims an important message from the angels. Uhde cannot sell her paintings and is also hit by the start of the Great Depression, and is forced to disappoint Séraphine who has begun to expect she is becoming someone with important means and wealth, this goes on to mentally affect her.
After rousing the town for no clear reason while wearing her bridal gown, she is put into a lunatic asylum and eventually stops painting. Uhde visits but is advised not to make contact since this would deeply upset her further, not even to tell her that he has finally sold some of her Artworks. He grew to care for her well being and secures her a room in the institution that enables her to go outside, where she begins to enjoy the beauties of nature again. We are then told that she died in 1942 and that her art became famous and respected.
This film is based on the real story of Artist Séraphine Louis which is told with a real sense of beauty. You believe that she is somehow being influenced by something powerful. The sense of place, feeling, and time are also depicted strong; to a point that it moves and inspires the viewer.
Awards and nominations
- César Awards
- Won: Best Actress – Leading RoleCésar Award for Best ActressList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
(Yolande Moreau) - Won: Best CinematographyCésar Award for Best CinematographyThe following are the winners of the annual César Award for Best Cinematography .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Laurent Brunet) - Won: Best Costume DesignCésar Award for Best Costume DesignThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Costume Design .-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Madeline Fontaine) - Won: Best FilmCésar Award for Best FilmThe winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
- Won: Best Music Written for a Film (Michael GalassoMichael GalassoMichael John Galasso was an American composer, violinist, and music director.-Film Scores:...
) - Won: Best Production DesignCésar Award for Best Production DesignThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Production Design .-Winners and nominees:*1976: Pierre Guffroy: Que la fête commence*1977: Alexandre Trauner: Monsieur Klein...
(Thierry François) - Won: Best Writing – OriginalCésar Award for Best WritingThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
(Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost) - Nominated: Best DirectorCésar Award for Best DirectorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Martin Provost) - Nominated: Best SoundCésar Award for Best SoundThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Sound .-Winners and nominees:*1976 : Nara Kollery *1977 : Jean-Pierre Ruh *1978 : Jacques Maumont...
(Emmanuel Croset, Ingrid Ralet and Philippe Vandendriessche)
- Won: Best Actress – Leading Role
- European Film Awards
- Nominated: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)
- Los Angeles Film Critics
- Won: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)
- National Society of Film CriticsNational Society of Film CriticsThe National Society of Film Critics is an American film critic organization. As of December 2007 the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers.-History:...
- Won: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)
External links
Séraphine is a 2008 French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
-Belgian film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Martin Provost
Martin Provost
Martin Provost is a French film director, writer and actor. He wrote and directed such films as Séraphine and Le ventre de Juliette.-Filmography:Director:*Cocon *Tortilla y cinema *Le ventre de Juliette...
and written by Marc Abdelnour and Provost. It stars Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau is a Belgian comedienne, actress and film director.-Biography:She has won two César Awards for Best Actress, in 2005 for When the Sea Rises and in 2009 for Séraphine....
as the French painter Séraphine Louis
Séraphine Louis
Séraphine Louis, known as "Séraphine de Senlis" , was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art...
and Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur is a German actor and musician.-Biography:Tukur spent his youth near Hanover where he finished his final secondary-school examinations in 1977. He also achieved a high school degree in Boston during an exchange of students where he met his first wife, Amber Wood. With her, he had two...
as Wilhelm Uhde
Wilhelm Uhde
Wilhelm Uhde was a German art collector, dealer, author and critic, an early collector of modernist painting, and a significant figure in the career of Henri Rousseau.-Biography:...
. It won the 2009
César Awards 2009
The 34th Annual César Awards ceremony was held by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor its selection of the best films of 2008 on February 27, 2009. Canal+ broadcast the event, which took place again at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France...
César Award for Best Film
César Award for Best Film
The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
.
Plot
This is the story of a middle-aged housekeeper who has a gift unknown by anyone around her; the gift of painting. Untaught and following what she regards as religious inspiration she finds great appreciation in the beauty found in Nature, specially 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 a bit of the remaining 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 behind the effect in the "rouge" (Red) in her artwork, she goes on to say it is her most well kept secret.Uhde,a noted art critic, encounters her first as a housekeeper and then sees one of her artwork's, which he regards as very promising. Séraphine feels she is just a housekeeper and no one will take her seriously, where uhde firmly assures her she has a talent and he will look after her and exposing her art, he kindly tells her to follow her gift but he is a German and has to flee France when the 1914 war begins; Leaving séraphine in solitude. However, she is seen during this period creating more Art. The story then jumps to 1927. Uhde encounters Séraphine again and considers her now greatly improved. He begins buying her work and encouraging her to do nothing but paint. But prosperity upsets the woman's balance, she buys an expensive bridal gown even though she has no suitor and claims an important message from the angels. Uhde cannot sell her paintings and is also hit by the start of the Great Depression, and is forced to disappoint Séraphine who has begun to expect she is becoming someone with important means and wealth, this goes on to mentally affect her.
After rousing the town for no clear reason while wearing her bridal gown, she is put into a lunatic asylum and eventually stops painting. Uhde visits but is advised not to make contact since this would deeply upset her further, not even to tell her that he has finally sold some of her Artworks. He grew to care for her well being and secures her a room in the institution that enables her to go outside, where she begins to enjoy the beauties of nature again. We are then told that she died in 1942 and that her art became famous and respected.
This film is based on the real story of Artist Séraphine Louis which is told with a real sense of beauty. You believe that she is somehow being influenced by something powerful. The sense of place, feeling, and time are also depicted strong; to a point that it moves and inspires the viewer.
Awards and nominations
- César Awards
- Won: Best Actress – Leading RoleCésar Award for Best ActressList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
(Yolande Moreau) - Won: Best CinematographyCésar Award for Best CinematographyThe following are the winners of the annual César Award for Best Cinematography .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Laurent Brunet) - Won: Best Costume DesignCésar Award for Best Costume DesignThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Costume Design .-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Madeline Fontaine) - Won: Best FilmCésar Award for Best FilmThe winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
- Won: Best Music Written for a Film (Michael GalassoMichael GalassoMichael John Galasso was an American composer, violinist, and music director.-Film Scores:...
) - Won: Best Production DesignCésar Award for Best Production DesignThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Production Design .-Winners and nominees:*1976: Pierre Guffroy: Que la fête commence*1977: Alexandre Trauner: Monsieur Klein...
(Thierry François) - Won: Best Writing – OriginalCésar Award for Best WritingThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...
(Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost) - Nominated: Best DirectorCésar Award for Best DirectorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
(Martin Provost) - Nominated: Best SoundCésar Award for Best SoundThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Sound .-Winners and nominees:*1976 : Nara Kollery *1977 : Jean-Pierre Ruh *1978 : Jacques Maumont...
(Emmanuel Croset, Ingrid Ralet and Philippe Vandendriessche)
- Won: Best Actress – Leading Role
- European Film Awards
- Nominated: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)
- Los Angeles Film Critics
- Won: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)
- National Society of Film CriticsNational Society of Film CriticsThe National Society of Film Critics is an American film critic organization. As of December 2007 the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers.-History:...
- Won: Best Actress (Yolande Moreau)