Here's one for all the art lovers out there: Séraphine, the multiple Cesar*-award winning story of French painter Séraphine Louis (sometimes know as Séraphine de Senlis), who went from cleaning lady to darling of the art world.
It's the kind of story that you can't believe hasn't already been made into a film. In 1914, just prior to the outbreak of World War I a German art collector called William Uhde rented an apartment in Senlis, near Paris, and hired a cleaning lady called Séraphine. She was unrefined, suffers mental problems and was a laughing stock for many people around time, but Uhde learns that she has a huge talent for painting. He was forced to leave the country by the War, but on returning years later brought Séraphine to the world's attention.
**Séraphine **stars Yolande Moreau (the landlady in Amelie) and Ulrich Tukur (The Lives Of Others) and is out here on November 27.
*France's Oscars, for those not paying attention at the back.