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Studio Live Theatre Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 12:00 AM
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TBA
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*Tickets are not issued until film selection is announced
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Seraphine
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125 minutes
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Director: Martin Provost
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The true story of Seraphine Louis, aka Seraphine de Senlis (Yolande Moreau), a simple and profoundly devout housekeeper who, in 1905 at age 41, (self-taught and with the instigation of her guardian angel) began painting brilliantly colorful canvases. In 1912 Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tukur), a German art critic and collector who was one of the first collectors of Picasso and champion of primitive painter Le Douanier Rousseau, discovered her paintings while she worked for him as a maid in his lodgings in Senlis, outside Paris. Uhde became her patron and grouped her work with other naive painters, the so-called Sacred Heart Painters, with acclaimed shows in Paris, Europe and eventually at New York's Museum of Modern Art. This beautiful film is a testament to the mysteries of creativity and the resilience of one woman's spirit. Seraphine went on to a surprise win of Best Picture and Best Actress for Yolande Moreau along with five other awards at the 2009 Césars, the French equivalent of the Academy Awards.
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