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Seraphine

Original title: Séraphine
  • 20082008
  • K-7K-7
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
6.3K
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POPULARITY
30,189
4,447
Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)
A drama based on the life of French painter Séraphine de Senlis.
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In 1912 German collector Wilhelm Uhde rents a flat in Senlis to write and take a break from Parisian life. He hires a 48-year old cleaning lady, Séraphine. Some time later, he notices a smal... Read allIn 1912 German collector Wilhelm Uhde rents a flat in Senlis to write and take a break from Parisian life. He hires a 48-year old cleaning lady, Séraphine. Some time later, he notices a small painting on wood at a local notable home.In 1912 German collector Wilhelm Uhde rents a flat in Senlis to write and take a break from Parisian life. He hires a 48-year old cleaning lady, Séraphine. Some time later, he notices a small painting on wood at a local notable home.

IMDb RATING
7.4/10
6.3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
30,189
4,447
  • Director
    • Martin Provost
  • Writers
    • Marc Abdelnour
    • Martin Provost
  • Stars
    • Yolande Moreau
    • Ulrich Tukur
    • Anne Bennent
Top credits
  • Director
    • Martin Provost
  • Writers
    • Marc Abdelnour
    • Martin Provost
  • Stars
    • Yolande Moreau
    • Ulrich Tukur
    • Anne Bennent
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 32User reviews
    • 102Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 20 wins & 7 nominations

    Videos1

    Séraphine
    Trailer 1:57
    Séraphine

    Photos11

    Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)
    Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)
    Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)
    Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)
    Yolande Moreau and Ulrich Tukur in Seraphine (2008)
    Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)
    Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)
    Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, and Nico Rogner in Seraphine (2008)
    Séraphine
    Yolande Moreau in Seraphine (2008)

    Top cast

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    Yolande Moreau
    Yolande Moreau
    • Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis
    Ulrich Tukur
    Ulrich Tukur
    • Wilhelm Uhde
    Anne Bennent
    Anne Bennent
    • Anne-Marie Uhde
    Geneviève Mnich
    • Mme Duphot
    Adélaïde Leroux
    Adélaïde Leroux
    • Minouche
    Nico Rogner
    Nico Rogner
    • Helmut Kolle
    Françoise Lebrun
    Françoise Lebrun
    • La mère supérieure
    Hélène Hardouin
    • La propriétaire
    Serge Larivière
    Serge Larivière
    • Duval
    Léna Breban
    Léna Breban
    • Soeur Marguerite
    • (as Léna Bréban)
    Sandrine Bodenes
    • Marie-Louise
    • (as Sandrine Bodènés)
    Muriel Riou
    • Berthe
    Dominique Pozzetto
    • Anatole Duphot
    Josette Ménard
    • La bouchère
    Xavier Pottier
    • Le boucher
    Jean-Pascal Abribat
    • Le journaliste
    Anne Benoît
    • Madame Delonge
    • (as Anne Benoit)
    Corentin Lobet
    Corentin Lobet
    • L'interne
    • Director
      • Martin Provost
    • Writers
      • Marc Abdelnour
      • Martin Provost
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Since the film's release, the number of visitors at the museum of Senlis exhibiting Séraphine's works has quadrupled (August 2009).
    • Goofs
      Wilhelm Uhde is portrayed as having a goatee beard throughout the course of the film. Portraits of him show generally a clean-shaven man or one with the small moustache.
    • Crazy credits
      The credits list the names of the paintings which are seen in the film - 10 paintings by Séraphine and the artworks owned by Uhde and Kolle.
    • Soundtracks
      Consonent laudes!
      Written by Louis Rousseau

      Performed by Yolande Moreau, Françoise Lebrun and Léna Breban

    User reviews32

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    Featured review
    8/10
    What's being naive?
    Séraphine was one of these so called common people who in the early 1900s were discovered. The expression "discovered" is not wrong, but that wasn't just about the person, it's was also about another type of seeing and another type of expression.

    Séraphine lived a poor and humiliating life like most women of her class. Then this German art collector finds her. But it stops there, because for certain reasons he in the end can't improve her life materially. And the result is disastrous, because it means betrayal of a person, although not of her art.

    A silent realistic movie, there you can smell the poverty and despair.
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    • stensson
    • Jul 5, 2009

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 20, 2009 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
      • Cinéart (Belgium)
      • Climax Films (Belgium)
    • Languages
      • French
      • German
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Séraphine
    • Filming locations
      • Cathédrale, Senlis, Oise, France
    • Production companies
      • TS Productions
      • France 3 Cinéma
      • Climax Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • €3,674,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $884,613
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $38,637
      • Jun 7, 2009
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,402,702
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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