Touched

Séraphine

(2008)

Another artist told by God (well, by her guardian angel) to paint--and moreover to paint out of her time (from just before to a couple of decades past the First World War). No surprise that her life ended in an asylum. It's a thrilling story until then, though--and a thrilling performance by the veteran character actor Yolande Moreau as the charwoman child of heaven. I'm not aware of ever having heard of Séraphine Louis, aka Séraphine de Senlis, until this film came out, and I'd never seen any of her paintings until tonight. Now I have something to put on the Christmas list I give my wealthy and tasteful friends.