Caravaggio's Shadow

Caravaggio's Shadow (Italian: L'ombra di Caravaggio) is a 2022 Italian-French historical drama film directed by Michele Placido.[1]

Caravaggio's Shadow
Directed byMichele Placido
Screenplay bySandro Petraglia
Michele Placido
Fidel Signorile
Produced byFederica Vincenti
StarringRiccardo Scamarcio
Louis Garrel
Isabelle Huppert
CinematographyMichele D'Attanasio
Edited byConsuelo Catucci
Music byUmberto Iervolino
Production
company
Goldenart Production
Distributed by01 Distribution
Release date
Running time
120 min.
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

Plot

1610, Italy. Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, is considered a brilliant artist. He opposes church dogma, which dictates how religious subjects should be depicted in art. When Pope Paul V learned that Caravaggio was using prostitutes, thieves and vagabonds as models for his paintings, he ordered an investigation. The Vatican Secret Service had to learn more about the artist. The results of the investigation should be decisive in determining whether Caravaggio will be pardoned, he requested this after being sentenced to death for the murder of a rival. The investigation is led by an investigator known as "Shadow". He reveals the contradictory vices and virtues of Caravaggio. The artist's life is also in his hands.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

Davide Stanzione in Best Movie assigns the film 3.3 stars out of 5 and speaks of it as: "A surprising, bruised and sensual film, which manages to reproduce the works of Caravaggio within the visual fabric of the images and restores, with more accursed vigor than you stumble, the torrid demons of a boundless artist, torn between the torment of the body and the ecstasy of the sacred".[2]

According to Zinaida Pronchenko, "Placido does not try to diversify the usual narrative — he drank, copulated, transferred to the canvas — with conceptual solutions, as, for example, Derek Jarman in his 1986 Caravaggio. Which is rather good".[3]

As Vittoria Scarpa (Сineuropa) notes, "One of the film’s strengths is its demonstration of how aspects of reality entered into the painter’s works, how thieves, vagabonds and harlots appeared on the artist’s canvasses, as if on stage, transformed into eternal works of art".[4]

Accolades

The film received five nominations for the David di Donatello, which will take place on May 10, 2023.[5]

See also

References
  1. Wiseman, Andreas. "'Caravaggio's Shadow' Wraps Shoot". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  2. Stanzione, Davide (8 November 2022). "L'ombra di Caravaggio: il tormento della carne e l'estasi del sacro. La recensione del film di Michele Placido con Riccardo Scamarcio". Best Movie. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. Пронченко, Зинаида. "От «Спрута» к «Медузе»". Коммерсантъ. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  4. Scarpa, Vittoria. "Review: Caravaggio's Shadow". Сineuropa. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  5. Accademia del Cinema Italiano. "Candidati premi David di Donatello 2023". daviddidonatello.it. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
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