http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Séraphine_(film)

a bit more upon that silly film...MARTIN GILL was directing and not MARTIN PROVOST...I have no idea if this person really exists or not...what I do know is that it would have been a 'jesuit joke' around MARTIN DU CANIGOU...see previous notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin-du-Canigou

What is a PROVOST in English? It has religious associations...

provost [ˈprɒvəst]
n
1. an appointed person who superintends or presides
2. (Social Science / Education) the head of certain university colleges or schools
3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in Scotland) the chairman and civic head of certain district councils or (formerly) of a burgh council Compare convener [2]
4. (Christianity / Anglicanism) Church of England the senior dignitary of one of the more recent cathedral foundations
5. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church
a. the head of a cathedral chapter in England and some other countries
b. (formerly) the member of a monastic community second in authority under the abbot
6. (Historical Terms) (in medieval times) an overseer, steward, or bailiff in a manor
7. (Law) Obsolete a prison warder
8. (Military) Brit and Canadian Military a military policeman
[Old English profost, from Medieval Latin prōpositus placed at the head (of), from Latin praepōnere to place first, from prae- before + pōnere to put]