Initial release: 2008
Director: Martin Provost | Running time: 2h06min
French with English subtitles | Free Entry Open to All
Plot: 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.