A movie by Martin Provost, with Yolande Moreauin French with English subtitleIn 1913, German art collector Wilhelm Uhde, who was the first person to buy Picasso’s work and to discover the work of Rousseau, rents an apartment in Senlis to write and rest, away from his city life in Paris. He hires a housecleaning woman, Seraphine, who is 48. Later, he discovers a little painting on wood in the house of some neighbors. He is very surprised to learn that Seraphine made it. It is the beginning of an unexpected and moving relationship between the avant-garde art collector and the visionary housecleaning lady.
Free Admission
Monday, December 15 at 7.00pm
Auditorium du Lycée Français de New York - 505 East 75th Street. New York
212-439-3820