Martin Provost — Playwright (4)

Movie

The Midwife (2017)
Sage femme
Martin Provost actor: Catherine Frot / Catherine Deneuve …
other title: Quello che so di lei / Gensynet …
Claire is a midwife and has devoted her life to others. At a moment when she is preoccupied by the imminent closure of the maternity clinic where she works, her life is further turned upside down when Béatrice, her father's former mistress, turns up on the scene. Béatrice is a capricious and selfish woman, Claire's exact opposite.

Movie

Bonnard, Pierre and Marthe (2024)
Bonnard, Pierre et Marthe WikiData IMDb NeoDB
Martin Provost actor: Vincent Macaigne / Cécile de France …
other title: Ritratto di un amore / Die Bonnards – malen und lieben …
When French painter Pierre Bonnard met Marthe de Méligny, he didn’t know this self-proclaimed aristocrat would become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, she became more than just a muse for the “painter of happiness”, appearing in more than a third of his work. Together, they reached their artistic fulfillment thanks to a colourful love, different from the standards of their time, nurturing the great mystery around their relationship. Based on a true story.

Movie

Séraphine (2008)
Séraphine
The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the wars grouped with other naïve painters like Henri Rouseau only to descend into madness and obscurity with the onset of the Great Depression and World War II.