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Caravaggio's Shadow

The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.

Director

Michele Placido

Year

Genre

biography, drama, history

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Awards

16 wins & 6 nominations

Caravaggio

Riccardo Scamarcio

Ombra

Costanza Sforza Colonna

Isabelle Huppert

Lena Antonietti

Micaela Ramazzotti

Cecco

Giovanni Baglione

Vinicio Marchioni

Anna Bianchini

Filippo Neri

Ranuccio

Orazio Gentileschi

Scipione Borghese

Giordano Bruno

Gianfranco Gallo

Papa Paolo V

Maurizio Donadoni

Costantino Spada

Duccio Camerini

Onorio Longhi

Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini

Alof di Wignacourt

Sebastiano Lo Monaco

Serva di Caravaggio

Fratello di Ranuccio

Michelangelo Placido

Cugino di Ranuccio

Alberto Onofrietti

Inquisitore

Marcello Prayer

Cavalier d'Arpino

Davide Paganini

Erika D'Ambrosio

Artemisia Gentileschi

Fabrizio Colonna

Tommaso De Bacco

Battista

Alessandro Haber

Cardinal Del Monte

Michele Placido

Sottoposto Cardillo

Guerico

Butterato

Gerardo D'Angelo

Frate Girolamo

Pedro Montoya

Federico Fiorio

Mammeta

Macellaio

Fra Andrea

Otello

Prince Chidozie Manujibeya

Desdemona

Sgherro

Terenzio Del Gaudio

Paolino

Alessandro Luzzi

Carcerato

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Madonna doesn't fly, she doesn't fly. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Madonna doesn't fly, she doesn't fly.

Anna!
Anna Bianchini threw herself into the river. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Anna! Anna Bianchini threw herself into the river.

- Where are we taking the poor girl?
- To my workshop! - Caravaggio's Shadow

- Where are we taking the poor girl? - To my workshop!

He wants to make her look beautiful and ready. - Caravaggio's Shadow

He wants to make her look beautiful and ready.

The Colonnas were one of the families
invited to the church for the Pope's arrival. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The Colonnas were one of the families invited to the church ...

The Pope arrived with his nephew,
Scipione Borghese. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The Pope arrived with his nephew, Scipione Borghese.

He had a deep devotion to Michele,
but Michele wasn't there. - Caravaggio's Shadow

He had a deep devotion to Michele, but Michele wasn't t...

Perhaps he feared the Pope's opinion. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Perhaps he feared the Pope's opinion.

- Michele, those bare ankles!
- And the cheap red dress. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- Michele, those bare ankles! - And the cheap red dress.

- Where are the little angels?
- This is it! This is how you die! - Caravaggio's Shadow

- Where are the little angels? - This is it! This is how you...

On an unmade bed, bare feet.
No angel, no heaven! - Caravaggio's Shadow

On an unmade bed, bare feet. No angel, no heaven!

The one we love leaves.
And for those who remain, there is no peace. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The one we love leaves. And for those who remain, there is n...

She's just a poor woman,
thrown on a plank. - Caravaggio's Shadow

She's just a poor woman, thrown on a plank.

With her belly swollen with water,
suicidal or possibly murdered. - Caravaggio's Shadow

With her belly swollen with water, suicidal or possibly murd...

It's the most vivid death ever painted. - Caravaggio's Shadow

It's the most vivid death ever painted.

I don't think the painting can stay.
The Pope would never allow it! - Caravaggio's Shadow

I don't think the painting can stay. The Pope would nev...

But I did it for you! For you!
And for the people who come to pray! - Caravaggio's Shadow

But I did it for you! For you! And for the people who come t...

Madonna is everyone's mother. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Madonna is everyone's mother.

This screen speaks of something
common to all of us. - Caravaggio's Shadow

This screen speaks of something common to all of us.

But Michelangelo Merisi represents
the body of the earthly Mary, - Caravaggio's Shadow

But Michelangelo Merisi represents the body of the earthly M...

This does not comply
with our rules. - Caravaggio's Shadow

This does not comply with our rules.

The Church is not prepared for this. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The Church is not prepared for this.

But for days the people flocked
to admire their painter's masterpiece, - Caravaggio's Shadow

But for days the people flocked to admire their painter'...

Even his most notorious enemies
realized they were on to something... - Caravaggio's Shadow

Even his most notorious enemies realized they were on to som...

Fortunately, the young Dutch painter
Rubens fell in love with the canvas... - Caravaggio's Shadow

Fortunately, the young Dutch painter Rubens fell in love wit...

...and bought it from the friars for
the Gonzagas of Mantua. - Caravaggio's Shadow

...and bought it from the friars for the Gonzagas of Mantua.

Because, in the opposite case of
of the Virgin", she would no longer exist today. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Because, in the opposite case of of the Virgin", she wo...

Is it true what they say in Rome? - Caravaggio's Shadow

Is it true what they say in Rome?

That you desecrated the corpse
of poor Annuccia? - Caravaggio's Shadow

That you desecrated the corpse of poor Annuccia?

Who took her home and locked himself
alone with her for hours on end... - Caravaggio's Shadow

Who took her home and locked himself alone with her for hour...

...and fucked her? - Caravaggio's Shadow

...and fucked her?

And is it true that he then painted her
as if she were the Blessed Virgin? - Caravaggio's Shadow

And is it true that he then painted her as if she were the B...

His voice is despicable
as is everything he says. - Caravaggio's Shadow

His voice is despicable as is everything he says.

But he knew that his art
has now come to an end. - Caravaggio's Shadow

But he knew that his art has now come to an end.

Today I'm sad,
I don't want a fight. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Today I'm sad, I don't want a fight.

Go back to the fog and rain
of your works. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Go back to the fog and rain of your works.

This is my city.
I wasn't born here, - Caravaggio's Shadow

This is my city. I wasn't born here,

Let's go! Run, run! Run! - Caravaggio's Shadow

Let's go! Run, run! Run!

While "The Death of the Virgin"
was being transported from Rome to Mantua, - Caravaggio's Shadow

While "The Death of the Virgin" was being transpor...

- By hiding it, you defied the Pontiff.
- I was certain of your innocence. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- By hiding it, you defied the Pontiff. - I was certain of y...

You can't prove your own innocence
if the Inquisition wants you dead. - Caravaggio's Shadow

You can't prove your own innocence if the Inquisition w...

The Inquisition was not involved.
The records contain nothing against him. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The Inquisition was not involved. The records contain nothin...

Those who specialize in persecution
leaves no trace. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Those who specialize in persecution leaves no trace.

According to my information, when he fled Rome and
from capital punishment after the incident in Naples, - Caravaggio's Shadow

According to my information, when he fled Rome and from capi...

The Captain of Wignacourt, Malta's
Malta's supreme authority, - Caravaggio's Shadow

The Captain of Wignacourt, Malta's Malta's supreme...

Without your protection, - Caravaggio's Shadow

Without your protection,

A title that would guarantee him the grace
he so desired! - Caravaggio's Shadow

A title that would guarantee him the grace he so desired!

And effectively, under pressure from his family, - Caravaggio's Shadow

And effectively, under pressure from his family,

Informing him of his intention
to knight Caravaggio. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Informing him of his intention to knight Caravaggio.

"...the excellent and honorable painter
Michelangelo Merisi..." - Caravaggio's Shadow

"...the excellent and honorable painter Michelangelo Me...

The letter in which the Pope did not prevent
Malta from making Caravaggio a knight... - Caravaggio's Shadow

The letter in which the Pope did not prevent Malta from maki...

But de Wignacourt wanted
a special favor. - Caravaggio's Shadow

But de Wignacourt wanted a special favor.

The cathedral's new oratory
had just been completed, - Caravaggio's Shadow

The cathedral's new oratory had just been completed,

If Michele agreed to paint it,
he would be rewarded. - Caravaggio's Shadow

If Michele agreed to paint it, he would be rewarded.

That title, Brother Michelangelo, - Caravaggio's Shadow

That title, Brother Michelangelo,

That was Caravaggio's aim. - Caravaggio's Shadow

That was Caravaggio's aim.

Then, on July 14th, a year
and two days after his arrival in Malta, - Caravaggio's Shadow

Then, on July 14th, a year and two days after his arrival in...

But then his lust led him back
to the path of sin and punishment. - Caravaggio's Shadow

But then his lust led him back to the path of sin and punish...

As you know,
transgressions of a sexual nature, - Caravaggio's Shadow

As you know, transgressions of a sexual nature,

But such dissolute conduct
is not worthy of a knight. - Caravaggio's Shadow

But such dissolute conduct is not worthy of a knight.

You knew the risk you were taking
by sending him to Malta. - Caravaggio's Shadow

You knew the risk you were taking by sending him to Malta.

Did you expect the discipline of the Order
would have controlled him? - Caravaggio's Shadow

Did you expect the discipline of the Order would have contro...

Wait, don't miss the
part. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Wait, don't miss the part.

Your guilt, your great guilt
is in these papers... - Caravaggio's Shadow

Your guilt, your great guilt is in these papers...

As you can see, there are passages scribbled
in ink, such was the seriousness of the crimes. - Caravaggio's Shadow

As you can see, there are passages scribbled in ink, such wa...

I believe that he betrayed Wignacourt
by stealing a mistress or lover from him. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I believe that he betrayed Wignacourt by stealing a mistress...

Michele wouldn't do that.
Anyone who meets him surrenders to his fascination. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Michele wouldn't do that. Anyone who meets him surrende...

If I denied it, would you believe me?
I don't think so. - Caravaggio's Shadow

If I denied it, would you believe me? I don't think so.

The place where the Order conducts
trials is in the oratory. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The place where the Order conducts trials is in the oratory.

It was there that the process
of their plundering. - Caravaggio's Shadow

It was there that the process of their plundering.

Homo perfidus et putridus. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Homo perfidus et putridus.

To escape from that
dreadful place, he needed help. - Caravaggio's Shadow

To escape from that dreadful place, he needed help.

And you, despite everything, continued
to protect him. - Caravaggio's Shadow

And you, despite everything, continued to protect him.

At least tell us where you hid it
for the first few days after leaving Rome. - Caravaggio's Shadow

At least tell us where you hid it for the first few days aft...

In this room, where we are.
He lived through terrible days. - Caravaggio's Shadow

In this room, where we are. He lived through terrible days.

It's a heavy burden to have ended
a man's life. - Caravaggio's Shadow

It's a heavy burden to have ended a man's life.

Now he's in my palace in Naples,
with my relatives... - Caravaggio's Shadow

Now he's in my palace in Naples, with my relatives...

...waiting for the Pope's grace. - Caravaggio's Shadow

...waiting for the Pope's grace.

In the hope that the Church can count,
as in the past, - Caravaggio's Shadow

In the hope that the Church can count, as in the past,

Michele, I thought you'd paint
a portrait of me. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Michele, I thought you'd paint a portrait of me.

Is that what I am to you?
A lady? - Caravaggio's Shadow

Is that what I am to you? A lady?

I agreed to talk to you
out of respect, - Caravaggio's Shadow

I agreed to talk to you out of respect,

...helped me a lot while others
tried to ruin my life. - Caravaggio's Shadow

...helped me a lot while others tried to ruin my life.

In fact, it was you
were ruining your life, my son. - Caravaggio's Shadow

In fact, it was you were ruining your life, my son.

With his behavior, which I don't hesitate
to define as ignoble. - Caravaggio's Shadow

With his behavior, which I don't hesitate to define as ...

In these letters, - Caravaggio's Shadow

In these letters,

I want to meet Michele Merisi
in person. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I want to meet Michele Merisi in person.

But I can't act outside
of the Pontifical State. - Caravaggio's Shadow

But I can't act outside of the Pontifical State.

You and your mother hid
and protected a murderer! - Caravaggio's Shadow

You and your mother hid and protected a murderer!

I could arrest not only you,
but her too! Would you like that? - Caravaggio's Shadow

I could arrest not only you, but her too! Would you like tha...

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The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.

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Director: Michele Placido

Writer: Sandro Petraglia, Michele Placido, Fidel Signorile

Production: N/A

Genre: biography, drama, history

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Nov 2022

Awards: 16 wins & 6 nominations

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