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29/08/1986 Drama, History, Romance 1h 33m
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His passion came with a price.

Overview

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

  1. Derek Jarman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Nigel Terry

    Caravaggio

  2. Sean Bean

    Ranuccio

  3. Garry Cooper

    Davide

  4. Dexter Fletcher

    Young Caravaggio

  5. Spencer Leigh

    Jerusaleme

  6. Tilda Swinton

    Lena

  7. Nigel Davenport

    Giustiniani

  8. Robbie Coltrane

    Scipione Borghese

  9. Michael Gough

    Cardinal Del Monte

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-08-21
I knew there had to be a reason why anyone ever cared about Sean Bean. A more wooden actor I think I've never seen, but here his conniving "Ranuccio" is sexy and provocative and put together with Nigel Terry's convincing performance as the eponymous artist and Dexter Fletcher's efforts as the younger, manipulative, Caravaggio, this is a no-holes barred/bared look at debauchery and hedonism in a papal Italy that was way more interested in sex and depravity than it was upholding the values of Christian decency. Indeed, the closer to the throne of St. Peter one gets the more licentious you seem t...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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