Séraphine (Yolande Moreau) shows her paintings. www.musicboxfilms.com www.seraphinemovie.com

Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tukur) renites with Séraphine (Yolande Moreau) after the war. www.musicboxfilms.com www.seraphinemovie.com

Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tukur) tells Séraphine (Yolande Moreau) they should work together. www.musicboxfilms.com www.seraphinemovie.com

Séraphine shows Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tukur) more paintings. www.musicboxfilms.com www.seraphinemovie.com

Wilhelm Uhde (Ulrich Tukur) discovers a painting by Séraphine. www.musicboxfilms.com www.seraphinemovie.com

Séraphine Louis (Yolande Moreau) the painter. www.musicboxfilms.com www.seraphinemovie.com

Séraphine is the story of Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine 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 - he was one of the first collectors of Picasso and champion of naïve primitive painter Le Douanier Rousseau - discovered her paintings while she worked for him as a maid in his house in Senlis outside Paris. A moving and unexpected relationship develops between the avant-garde art dealer and the visionary cleaning lady leading to Séraphine’s work being grouped with other naïve painters – the so-called “Sacred Heart Painters”. Martin Provost’s poignant portrait of this now largely forgotten painter is a testament to the mysteries of creativity and the resilience of one woman’s spirit.