The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of the Great Depression and World War II.
as Séraphine Louis, dite Séraphine de Senlis
as Wilhelm Uhde
as Anne-Marie Uhde
as Mme Duphot
as Helmut Kolle
as Minouche
as La mère supérieure
as La propriétaire
as Duval
as Sœur Marguerite
as Marie-Louise
as Berthe
as Anatole Duphot
as La bouchère
as Le boucher
as Le journaliste
as Madame Delonge
as L'interne
as Le médecin