Caravaggio

Caravaggio

1986 · 93 min · EN · NR · 6.1 (166 votes)
Dir. Derek Jarman · Starring Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Garry Cooper, Dexter Fletcher, Spencer Leigh, Tilda Swinton · Music Simon Fisher-Turner

“His passion came with a price.”

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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.

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A visually stunning, sensual dive into the life of a controversial artist. It's a brooding, opulent experience, exploring themes of art, passion, and the shadows that defined Caravaggio's turbulent existence.

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