Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

eusnnud-156-405678 We absolutely loved every single minute of this film. It is a quiet, sweet story, and a true one. Now we want to go and visit the museum where her paintings are exhibited!

Joe Maguire I love French film, and I was looking forward to this one. Yolande Moreau was excellent in the part of Seraphine de Senlis, and the production as a whole was impressive (locations, costume, acting, direction). It clearly showed the social context in which this artist existed, and was fascinating.By the end though, I found myself losing interest in the story. The failing for me came in the lack of real drama or emotion between the characters. I enjoyed the movie and was glad to have watched it, but there was a necessary spark missing which could have turned this from good to great.

paul2001sw-1 Seraphine Loius was an impoverished, self-taught French painter who claimed to be inspired directly by God. This film of her life depicts her partly in the obvious way (as an idiot-savant), but also as a woman utterly determined, with a keen sense of her own worth and an acute sensitivity to her absence of value in the eyes of others. This characterisation gives the film its interest; but it's opening portion, depicting her early life without explanation, is almost unbearably slow and painful. The second half, in which there is more of a plot (thanks to her discovery by an art collector), is more interesting, although one shouldn't expect a happy end. While it's not a jolly film, it's a serious attempt to engage with an intriguing, awkward character; that it makes you want to see her pictures is a mark of its success.

bandw This is the story of the French artist Séraphine Louis, posthumously known as "Séraphine de Senlis" (Senlis being her home town). Séraphine lived from 1864 to 1942 and is remembered primarily for the work she produced in the 1920s.Séraphine is first seen here as a house-cleaner and servant who performs menial tasks. She pretty much keeps her own company, although she does break bread on occasion with some local nuns at a convent where she was once a domestic. Rather plain in appearance and dress, and of sizable frame, she garners little notice and is treated with disregard, or outright insolence, by her employers. But Séraphine has an obsessive passion, which is to paint. She makes do with pigments she can come by for free like blood, candle wax, and certain soils; for those items she needs to buy she forgoes spending money on most everything else, like food and paying rent. This is her life until Wilhelm Uhde, a German art critic she tends to, accidentally sees one of her early paintings and is taken with it. But public recognition of Séraphine's talent is not immediate, being interrupted by World War I. What happens to Séraphine later in life after achieving some success is rather sad and augments the myth of the connection between madness and art.One aspect of Séraphine's personality that I found most interesting was the connection between her religious faith and her art. She felt that her guardian angel had commanded her to paint. While practicing her art, she would often sing songs of religious praise. Religious inspiration seems to be a source for a lot of great art.Yolande Moreau is perfectly cast as Séraphine; she gives a very believable performance. Her early life is that of a starving artist, however her physical appearance does not much reflect that she is starving. The period details (early twentieth century) are well done.The photos of some of Séraphine's works on one of the DVD extras are not to be missed. I feel that I got a much deeper understanding of the woman by having seen those. The paintings are uniquely beautiful; the level of detail is stunning and attests to her obsessions. Seeing these after the movie was kind of like seeing a fireworks display after a concert or sporting event.