Seraphine (2009)
This French film won numerous awards in it's own country and stars Yolande Moreau and Ulrich Tukur. Based on a true story a German art critic discovers a French cleaning lady with a talent for painting.
This is a fairly slow moving film and I think it would have been more interesting if it included a bit more of the artists childhood so we could better understand how she became the person she was but instead it focuses on the relationship between the artist and her patron. Another possible direction would have been a greater focus on if the patron was just taking advantage of a crazy old lady or not. While the relationship portrayed is unusual I have to say that over all the film is less interesting than the art work Seraphine ended up producing which is full of rich and vibrant colours.
3/5 average art biopic.
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