Caravaggio (1986)
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Writer/director Derek Jarman injects his patented iconoclasm in this biography of Renaissance artist Michelangelo Merisa da Caravaggio. Nigel Terry plays the title role, whom (according to Jarman) essentially told his own life story in his paintings. Caravaggio travelled among thieves and prostitutes, many of whom were his models. He once killed a man, kept a deaf/mute child as a virtual slave, and squandered every penny he ever made. That we should care anything about so miserable and obscure a personality is a tribute to Jarman's filmmaking savvy--and the number of elements from his own well-publicized life that he injects into the film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, (more)
- Director(s):
- Derek Jarman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
Synopsis of Caravaggio
Writer/director Derek Jarman injects his patented iconoclasm in this biography of Renaissance artist Michelangelo Merisa da Caravaggio. Nigel Terry plays the title role, whom (according to Jarman) essentially told his own life story in his paintings. Caravaggio travelled among thieves and prostitutes, many of whom were his models. He once killed a man, kept a deaf/mute child as a virtual slave, and squandered every penny he ever made. That we should care anything about so miserable and obscure a personality is a tribute to Jarman's filmmaking savvy--and the number of elements from his own well-publicized life that he injects into the film. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Caravaggio
- Nigel Terry - Caravaggio
- Garry Cooper - Davide
- Tilda Swinton - Lena
- Nigel Davenport - Marchese Giustiniani
- Jonathan Hyde - Baglione
- Noam Almaz - Boy Caravaggio
- Una Brandon-Jones - Weeping Woman
- Imogen Claire - Lady with the Jewels
- John Rogan - Vatican Official
- Zohra Segal - Jerualeme's Grandmother
- Sean Bean - Rannuccio Thomasoni
- Spencer Leigh - Jerusaleme
- Michael Gough - Cardinal Del Monte
- Robbie Coltrane - Scipione Borghese
- Dexter Fletcher - Young Caravaggio
- Jack Birkett - The Pope
- Sadie Corré - Princess Collona
- Vernon Dobtcheff - Art Lover
- Simon Turner - Fra Fillipo
- Terry Downes - Bodyguard
- Director(s):
- Derek Jarman
- Writer(s):
- Derek Jarman
- Producer(s):
- Sarah Radclyffe, Colin MacCabe
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Adult Language, Not For Children, Nudity)
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