Serafina

Superb central performance in this original take on the art biopic.

This is a measured, soulful and tactile work; a film with gouache beneath its fingernails.

...is not a rags-to-riches story. The director, Martin Provost, who wrote it with Marc Abdelnour, focuses intently on Seraphine's delusions, on the manic state that overtakes her at the prospect of fame and fortune...

...a skillful meditation on art and class distinctions, the influences of religion and spirituality on the artist, and the harrowing, often artistically damaging aspects that sudden celebrity can bestow...