Riccardo Scamarcio, Isabelle Huppert and Louis Garrel star in writer/director Michele Placido's eagerly-anticipated new historical drama depicting the struggles of the notorious Renaissance painter as he's investigated by the Vatican.
Italy 1610. Michelangelo Merisi (Scarmarcio), better known as Caravaggio, ignores Catholic Church rulings that dictate how religious subjects are to be represented. Having been informed that he transfigures prostitutes, thieves and vagabonds into saints and Madonnas in his work, Pope Paul V orders the Vatican secret service to investigate, to decide whether to grant the clemency for which Caravaggio has petitioned since being sentenced to death for the murder of a rival in love.
The investigator (Garrel) – known as The Shadow - begins the inquiry that will lead him to discover the conflicting vices and virtues of the artist whose life – or death – lies in his hands.
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WINNER (x4!) – 2023 NASTRO D’ARGENTO AWARDS – Best Cinematography, Set Design, Costumes & Special Nastro (Michele Placido)
"Masterful. Placido’s film is like a Caravaggio canvas: each scene is a violent contrast between light and shade, often taking our breath away. Visceral, extreme, beautiful, disturbing, genial, blasphemous, sacred, moving: these are just some of the words commonly used to describe Caravaggio’s art. Viewers will find the same qualities here."
- AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW
Monday 30th October
118 min
MA15+
Isabelle Huppert, Micaela Ramazzotti, Louis Garrel, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michele Placido
Michele Placido
Drama
Italian, with English subtitles
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