Séraphine
- uhmanoafrench
- Oct 4, 2016
- 1 min read
This week's film is "Séraphine", 2008, Martin Provost, director. Biography / drama.
"Soon-to-be-legendary primitivist painter and outsider artist Séraphine "de Senlis" Louis (Yolande Moreau) toils as a maidservant in the homes of the bourgeoisie in Senlis, France. For decades, Louis harbors a secret passion for painting in the evenings after work -- one that is discovered serendipitously by renowned German art collector Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tukur). Taken by the woman's enormous talent, Uhde becomes determined to bring Louis' art to the world -- and to change her life."
Come join us MARDI, le 4 octobre, @3h00, à Moore 202. Extra credit for current UHM French students!