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Séraphine

Where:

🇫🇷 France

When:

The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s

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.

Released in 2008 — 125 minutes

Genres:

History Drama

Languages:

German French Latin