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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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- Will you do what I ask?
- I will. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- Will you do what I ask? - I will.

To convince him, go to Naples
and show him this letter. - Caravaggio's Shadow

To convince him, go to Naples and show him this letter.

It is the document
that grants you a pardon. - Caravaggio's Shadow

It is the document that grants you a pardon.

Holiness, the result of my
research. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Holiness, the result of my research.

We'll read it calmly.
Now I want your opinion. - Caravaggio's Shadow

We'll read it calmly. Now I want your opinion.

Michelangelo Merisi,
known as Caravaggio, - Caravaggio's Shadow

Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio,

- And yet?
- And yet... - Caravaggio's Shadow

- And yet? - And yet...

Watch out for "Saint John Lying Down".
It took me a long time to do it. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Watch out for "Saint John Lying Down". It took me ...

Safe conduct and
pardon with the papal seal. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Safe conduct and pardon with the papal seal.

Go by sea, it's less risky. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Go by sea, it's less risky.

I'm leaving for Genoa tomorrow.
See you in Rome in two months. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I'm leaving for Genoa tomorrow. See you in Rome in two ...

- Take care, my friend.
- Thank you, Fabrizio. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- Take care, my friend. - Thank you, Fabrizio.

I'll be grateful to you all my life,
at least for as long as I have left. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I'll be grateful to you all my life, at least for as lo...

You will continue to fascinate us
with your art. - Caravaggio's Shadow

You will continue to fascinate us with your art.

Before embarking,
I want to pass through San Domenico. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Before embarking, I want to pass through San Domenico.

I leave you alone on that altar. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I leave you alone on that altar.

Don't flog him, don't hand him over to Pilate. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Don't flog him, don't hand him over to Pilate.

He was crucified. - Caravaggio's Shadow

He was crucified.

Don't abandon me!
Be with me on this journey. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Don't abandon me! Be with me on this journey.

...it's the ears that listen
not the voice that sounds from outside, - Caravaggio's Shadow

...it's the ears that listen not the voice that sounds ...

"Blessed are the eyes
that are closed to external things... - Caravaggio's Shadow

"Blessed are the eyes that are closed to external thing...

...but they keep an eye on the insides." - Caravaggio's Shadow

...but they keep an eye on the insides."

And try to prepare themselves
in a daily effort... - Caravaggio's Shadow

And try to prepare themselves in a daily effort...

...to understand the arcane
of the heavens." - Caravaggio's Shadow

...to understand the arcane of the heavens."

I've finally met him,
Michelangelo Merisi. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I've finally met him, Michelangelo Merisi.

I've spent the last few years studying
his life and works. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I've spent the last few years studying his life and wor...

A bold life, arrested and prosecuted
I don't know how many times. - Caravaggio's Shadow

A bold life, arrested and prosecuted I don't know how m...

- Who are you?
- The shadow. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- Who are you? - The shadow.

- My men call me The Shadow.
- Your men? - Caravaggio's Shadow

- My men call me The Shadow. - Your men?

- Are you a soldier?
- I'm a state servant. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- Are you a soldier? - I'm a state servant.

The Pope asked me to evaluate
his request for forgiveness. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The Pope asked me to evaluate his request for forgiveness.

My forgiveness? My forgiveness
has already been granted, look. - Caravaggio's Shadow

My forgiveness? My forgiveness has already been granted, loo...

That document is a fake. It's worthless.
It's the fruit of my service. - Caravaggio's Shadow

That document is a fake. It's worthless. It's the ...

I questioned your friends
and your enemies. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I questioned your friends and your enemies.

I know all the sins in your life,
Michelangelo Merisi. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I know all the sins in your life, Michelangelo Merisi.

- And for your art?
- My art needs no forgiveness. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- And for your art? - My art needs no forgiveness.

In the Christian world
a fierce clash... - Caravaggio's Shadow

In the Christian world a fierce clash...

Between order and disorder. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Between order and disorder.

God and chaos.
You're on the side of chaos. - Caravaggio's Shadow

God and chaos. You're on the side of chaos.

I immersed myself in his paintings,
in their wonder. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I immersed myself in his paintings, in their wonder.

Never in my life
seen anything so beautiful. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Never in my life seen anything so beautiful.

But you instill doubt in the observer,
and the Church doesn't want people to doubt. - Caravaggio's Shadow

But you instill doubt in the observer, and the Church doesn&...

He takes beggars and thieves and makes them saints.
Prostitutes become Madonnas. - Caravaggio's Shadow

He takes beggars and thieves and makes them saints. Prostitu...

The boys she loved transform
into biblical characters, - Caravaggio's Shadow

The boys she loved transform into biblical characters,

Sir, you looked at my art,
but you didn't see it. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Sir, you looked at my art, but you didn't see it.

Because blind faith has blinded their eyes. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Because blind faith has blinded their eyes.

Those abject figures,
as you call them, are my God. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Those abject figures, as you call them, are my God.

- He speaks as if the sacred doesn't exist.
- The bodies I portray are sacred. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- He speaks as if the sacred doesn't exist. - The bodie...

I object! You paint evil,
disease, death, violence, putrefaction. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I object! You paint evil, disease, death, violence, putrefac...

No, I'm looking for new forms,
new colors, new ideas. - Caravaggio's Shadow

No, I'm looking for new forms, new colors, new ideas.

Blasphemy! You speak as if
the Church of Rome didn't exist. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Blasphemy! You speak as if the Church of Rome didn't ex...

The nobles who commission his paintings
are rich because we let them. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The nobles who commission his paintings are rich because we ...

We're the ones who pay for his paintings.
You exhibit them in our churches! - Caravaggio's Shadow

We're the ones who pay for his paintings. You exhibit t...

Everything belongs to us.
We decide everything! - Caravaggio's Shadow

Everything belongs to us. We decide everything!

The renunciation of his art,
the very act of painting. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The renunciation of his art, the very act of painting.

We cannot tolerate their paintings
on our altars. - Caravaggio's Shadow

We cannot tolerate their paintings on our altars.

But painting is my life.
If you take it from me, you take my life. - Caravaggio's Shadow

But painting is my life. If you take it from me, you take my...

No, we'll remove your painting
to save your life. - Caravaggio's Shadow

No, we'll remove your painting to save your life.

No, I get it.
I get it now. - Caravaggio's Shadow

No, I get it. I get it now.

The Church of Rome is afraid
of a painter! - Caravaggio's Shadow

The Church of Rome is afraid of a painter!

I'm sorry. You understood my art
and you're afraid. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I'm sorry. You understood my art and you're afraid...

In Rome, the executioner is waiting for him,
and we don't want to hand him over to the executioner. - Caravaggio's Shadow

In Rome, the executioner is waiting for him, and we don'...

Michelangelo Merisi, you are much loved.
We don't want martyrs. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Michelangelo Merisi, you are much loved. We don't want ...

- My agreement is to save you.
- I don't want to be saved by you! - Caravaggio's Shadow

- My agreement is to save you. - I don't want to be sav...

I don't want to be saved.
I want to talk to Cardinal Scipione... - Caravaggio's Shadow

I don't want to be saved. I want to talk to Cardinal Sc...

The cardinal is not included
in the agreement. - Caravaggio's Shadow

The cardinal is not included in the agreement.

I'm sorry, everyone has abandoned you. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I'm sorry, everyone has abandoned you.

Marquise Costanza,
Cardinal Del Monte. All of them! - Caravaggio's Shadow

Marquise Costanza, Cardinal Del Monte. All of them!

- Accept my offer.
- No, I don't recognize your authority. - Caravaggio's Shadow

- Accept my offer. - No, I don't recognize your authori...

I'll go back to Rome and give three
canvases to the Cardinal. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I'll go back to Rome and give three canvases to the Car...

Lasciatemi morire! - Caravaggio's Shadow

Lasciatemi morire!

And I want you to comfort me - Caravaggio's Shadow

And I want you to comfort me

I'm the devil, the angry dog
that my brother promised you. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I'm the devil, the angry dog that my brother promised y...

I prepared for death
all my life. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I prepared for death all my life.

I defied death, I played with it. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I defied death, I played with it.

I've loved every aspect of my life. - Caravaggio's Shadow

I've loved every aspect of my life.

Violent, - Caravaggio's Shadow

Infinite worlds, infinite skies, - Caravaggio's Shadow

Infinite worlds, infinite skies,

An infinite divinity that lives in everything, - Caravaggio's Shadow

An infinite divinity that lives in everything,

They ordered me to repent,
but I don't know what to regret. - Caravaggio's Shadow

They ordered me to repent, but I don't know what to reg...

Amor vincit omnia. - Caravaggio's Shadow

Amor vincit omnia.

Many characters in this movie
really existed, - Caravaggio's Shadow

Many characters in this movie really existed,

All portrayed by the master as madonnas
and founders of the Church of Christ... - Caravaggio's Shadow

All portrayed by the master as madonnas and founders of the ...

...and who continue to live on in museums
and sacred sites all over the world. - Caravaggio's Shadow

...and who continue to live on in museums and sacred sites a...

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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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