Seraphine

Just finished watching a little French indie, called Seraphine. No major director, no big actors, just a well acted pseudobiopic.
It is the story of a simple minded, uneducated woman painter, at the beginning of the 20th century. A highly educated and intuitive art dealer discovers her in her natural habitat and offers her a chance of a lifetime. She, however, is and erratic soul, with little grip on the daily realities. The detail of this character impressed me. The actress who played the part (Yolande Moreau), had an honest descent into this woman's soul. She portrays Seraphine, as if she knew her personally. There are nuances like her relationship with the divinity, her lack of sexuality, her overwhelming talent, that didn't leave any space for anything else to form inside her personality. These nuances are expressed through song, facial expressions and continuity of gestures that are rare to observe in the acting craft. Nowadays, when films are taken over by pretty faces and short lines, to see such richness of character, is a treat.
I was moved. I understood what she meant, when she talked about painting as a force that overtakes her life. Yolande Moreau is such a fine artist that she communicated to me (the untrained spectator), what the life and mind of Seraphine must have been like.
The imdb profile is here