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

The Pope asked me to evaluatehis request for forgiveness

The Pope asked me to evaluate
his request for forgiveness

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The Pope asked me to evaluate his request for forgiveness.
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7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:43:09
Uploaded
Apr 24, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
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The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
My forgiveness? My forgiveness has already been granted, look. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:05
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 00:06
That document is a fake. It's worthless. It's the ...
I questioned your friends and your enemies. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
I questioned your friends and your enemies.
I know all the sins in your life, Michelangelo Merisi. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
I know all the sins in your life, Michelangelo Merisi.
- And for your art? - My art needs no forgiveness. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:08
- And for your art? - My art needs no forgiveness.
In the Christian world a fierce clash... - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
In the Christian world a fierce clash...
Between order and disorder. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Between order and disorder.
God and chaos. You're on the side of chaos. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
God and chaos. You're on the side of chaos.
I immersed myself in his paintings, in their wonder. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
I immersed myself in his paintings, in their wonder.
Never in my life seen anything so beautiful. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
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 00:08
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 00:08
He takes beggars and thieves and makes them saints. Prostitu...
The boys she loved transform into biblical characters, - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:09
The boys she loved transform into biblical characters,
Sir, you looked at my art, but you didn't see it. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
Sir, you looked at my art, but you didn't see it.
Because blind faith has blinded their eyes. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:05
Because blind faith has blinded their eyes.
Those abject figures, as you call them, are my God. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
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 00:06
- He speaks as if the sacred doesn't exist. - The bodie...
I object! You paint evil, disease, death, violence, putrefaction. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:08
I object! You paint evil, disease, death, violence, putrefac...
No, I'm looking for new forms, new colors, new ideas. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
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 00:06
Blasphemy! You speak as if the Church of Rome didn't ex...