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Caravaggio

Caravaggio

His passion came with a price.

19866.11h 33m

Overview

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

Directed by Derek Jarman
Written by Nicholas Ward Jackson, Derek Jarman
Produced by Sarah Radclyffe
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Top Cast

Nigel Terry

Nigel Terry

Caravaggio

Sean Bean

Sean Bean

Ranuccio

Garry Cooper

Garry Cooper

Davide

Dexter Fletcher

Dexter Fletcher

Young Caravaggio

Spencer Leigh

Spencer Leigh

Jerusaleme

Tilda Swinton

Tilda Swinton

Lena

Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Giustiniani

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane

Scipione Borghese

Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Cardinal Del Monte

N

Noam Almaz

Boy Caravaggio

Themes & Keywords

italyartistpainterbiographymale homosexualitylgbt17th centurycaravaggiogay theme

About Caravaggio

Caravaggio is a drama, history, romance film released in 1986 exploring themes of italy, artist, painter, biography, male homosexuality, lgbt. Directed by Derek Jarman, it stars Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Garry Cooper. A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

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