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CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW

By Michele PLACIDO

THE FILM AGENCY - as PROMO / CONS

Drama - Completed 2022

Michele Placido (Romanzo Criminale) captures the spirit of Caravaggio in an epic period drama depicting the turbulent life of this supremely gifted and timeless genius.

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- ITALY
- Duration
- 118 mn
- Director(s)
- Michele PLACIDO
- Cast
- Louis GARREL , Riccardo SCAMARCIO, Isabelle HUPPERT
- Producer(s)
- Vincenzo BONOMO (GOLDENART), Antoine DE CLERMONT-TONNERRE (MACT PRODUCTIONS)
- Synopsis
- Italy 1610. Caravaggio is both one of the most brilliant painters of his time and a rebel against Church rulings that dictate how religious subjects are represented. Having been informed that Caravaggio depicts prostitutes, thieves and vagabonds in his work, Pope Paul V orders the Vatican secret service to investigate, to decide whether to grant the clemency for which the painter has petitioned since being sentenced to death for the murder of a rival in love.
  The investigator – known as The Shadow - begins the inquiry that will lead him to discover the conflicting vices and virtues of the genius whose life – or death – lies in his hands.