p(image-right). !/assets/29877/seraphine2.jpg(seraphine2)! A beautiful biopic of French painter Séraphine Louis (1864-1942) and her extraordinary, unexpected art. Winner of seven French Cesar Awards including Best Picture and Best Actress for Yolande Moreau. Professor Vittorio Hosle, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study and the Kimball Chair of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame will introduce the film. Tickets for all films are $6, $5 faculty/staff, $4 seniors, and $3 all students. To purchase tickets, contact the box office at 574-631-2800 or visit "performingarts.nd.edu":http://performingarts.nd.edu/calendar/view.aspx?id=421. Directed by Martin Provost. Not Rated, 125 minutes. Part of the Tournées Festival: Contemporary French Cinema We are pleased to present a new program of acclaimed, contemporary French cinema presented in partnership with Department of Film, Television and Theatre. This program was made possible with the support of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the French Ministry of Culture (CNC). Anthony Monta, Assistant Director for Academics at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies, has just created a blog for the French Film Festival, which the Nanovic Institute is co-sponsoring with the French Cultural Services: "http://blogs.nd.edu/tournees/2010/09/21/welcome/":http://blogs.nd.edu/tournees/2010/09/21/welcome/.
The film's introduction can be seen below: