An extraordinary novel in a beautiful gift format. Wilhelm Uhde, the bourgeois Prussian, and Séraphine, a simple Frenchwoman who is mocked by the villagers and pelted with dirt and stones by the children, are worlds apart. And yet fate has brought them together: the sensitive art collector and his deeply religious cleaning lady, who has been painting since an angel of the Lord appeared to her. Many years and two world wars later, their lives are adapted into a film. The actor portraying Uhde in the film makes a strange discovery that unexpectedly catapults him into the fantastic cosmos of Séraphine de Senlis: into a life behind the paintings and tapestries of a forgotten castle in Picardy. Ulrich Tukur tells of the power of painting and the magic of music. He takes us on a journey through three centuries, into a disturbing narrative.