Seraphine
Martin Provost's Seraphine is a marvelous film about the painter Seraphine Louis (aka Seraphine de Senlis).
The story starts off in 1914. Seraphine (Yolanda Moreau) works as a cleaning lady for many people. It is hard for her to make ends meet. But her real passion is painting. And is is a very talented woman. You can immediately tell that Seraphine is a bit different. But you get a better understanding of things when she visits two nuns that she used to live with. One of them asks if everyhing is okay in her head.
One of the people who Seraphine cleans for is Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tucker) a German art dealer/collector and critic. When he sees Seraphina's paintings he is mesmerized.
He tells her that he wants to help her but World War I breaks out and he has to flee to Germany. Many years later Uhde returns to France with his sister and lover. He doesn't try to find Seraphine but one day at an exhibition of local artists he finds some of her paintings. He then finds her and helps her to sell some of her paintings. He also promises that he will bring her work to Paris with her very own show. To see what happens you must see this film.
Seraphina is well directed, well written and is beautifully shot. The film takes its time telling the story but that is how it should be. I was totally absorbed in what was happening and I could that the rest of the audience was as well. Tucker and the supporting cast are terrific but the film belongs to the amazing Moreau. She tranforms herself into Seraphine and for not one moment do you think that is an actress on the screen. She is that good.
When the film ended I sat in my seat humming along to the sad strains of the closing music. Needless to say, this film is highly recommended.
The story starts off in 1914. Seraphine (Yolanda Moreau) works as a cleaning lady for many people. It is hard for her to make ends meet. But her real passion is painting. And is is a very talented woman. You can immediately tell that Seraphine is a bit different. But you get a better understanding of things when she visits two nuns that she used to live with. One of them asks if everyhing is okay in her head.
One of the people who Seraphine cleans for is Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tucker) a German art dealer/collector and critic. When he sees Seraphina's paintings he is mesmerized.
He tells her that he wants to help her but World War I breaks out and he has to flee to Germany. Many years later Uhde returns to France with his sister and lover. He doesn't try to find Seraphine but one day at an exhibition of local artists he finds some of her paintings. He then finds her and helps her to sell some of her paintings. He also promises that he will bring her work to Paris with her very own show. To see what happens you must see this film.
Seraphina is well directed, well written and is beautifully shot. The film takes its time telling the story but that is how it should be. I was totally absorbed in what was happening and I could that the rest of the audience was as well. Tucker and the supporting cast are terrific but the film belongs to the amazing Moreau. She tranforms herself into Seraphine and for not one moment do you think that is an actress on the screen. She is that good.
When the film ended I sat in my seat humming along to the sad strains of the closing music. Needless to say, this film is highly recommended.
posted by Film Fanatic | 8:22 PM
1 Comments:
Do you know the closing music title or where to listen it?
I want to listen the music one more time...
Thanks..
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