Caravaggio is a British feature film from 1986 directed by Derek Jarman , based on the life of the Italian artist Caravaggio .
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| Genre | biography drama |
| Producer | Derek Jarman |
| Producer | Sara Radcliffe |
| Author script | Suso Cecci D'Amico Derek Jarman |
| In the main cast | Nigel Terry Sean Bean Tilda Swinton |
| Operator | Gabriel Beristain |
| Composer | Simon Fisher-Turner |
| Film company | The british film institute |
| Duration | 93 minutes |
| A country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | |
| Year | 1986 |
| IMDb | ID 0090798 |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Camera crew
- 4 facts
- 5 Awards and recognition
- 6 References
Story
The plot is based on the life of the Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610), the love triangle of Caravaggio ( Nigel Terry ), Lena ( Tilda Swinton ) and Ranuccio ( Sean Bean ), as well as the artist's use of tramps, drunkards and courtesans as sitters for the deeply significant ( usually religious) paintings.
Caravaggio on his deathbed in Porto Ercole . His past passes before his eyes, the main emphasis in which is the relationship with the muscular sitter Ranuccio and his mistress, who posed for him during the most fruitful "Roman period" in the images of the holy martyrs.
Cast
- Nigel Terry - Caravaggio
- Sean Bean - Ranuccio
- Harry Cooper - David
- Dexter Fletcher - Caravaggio in his youth
- Spencer Lee - Jerusalem
- Tilda Swinton - Lena, Ranuccio's mistress, model Caravaggio
- Nigel Davenport - Justiniani
- Robbie Coltrane - Shipione Borghese
- Michael Gough - Del Monte, Cardinal
- Jonathan Hyde - Balloni
- Noam Diamond - Caravaggio Boy
- Daun Archibald - Pipo
- Jack Birkett - Pope
- Sadie Corr - Princess Colonna
- Una Brandon Jones - A Crying Woman
- Imogen Clare - Lady with Jewels
- Robbie Coltrane - Scipio Borghese
- Lol Coxhill - Old Priest
- Terry Downs - Bodyguard
- Emil Nicolau - Young Jerusalem
- Cindy Oswin - Lady Elizabeth
- John Rogan - Vatican official
- Zohra Segal - grandmother of Jerusalem
- Lucien Taylor - a boy with a guitar
- Simon Fisher Turner - Fra Filippo (as Simon Turner)
Camera crew
- Script writers:
- Suso Cecci D'Amico
- Derek Jarman
- Director: Derek Jarman
- Operator: Gabriel Beristain
- Composer: Simon Fisher-Turner
- Artist: Christopher Hobbs
- Costume Designer: Sandy Powell
- Producer: Sarah Radcliffe
Facts
- The episodes of the film show work on the canvases of Caravaggio :
- Jellyfish
- Sick Bacchus
- Lute player
- Musicians
- Martyrdom of St. Matthew
- Cupid Winner
- John the Baptist
- Penitent Magdalene
- Assumption of Our Lady
- The film uses a typewriter on which a denunciation is made
- In the episode, when Ranuccio comes out of prison, the dialogue takes place against the backdrop of a truck a la 1940s
Awards and recognition
- 1986 - 36th Berlin International Film Festival
- Silver bear
- CIDALC Award
- 1987 - Istanbul International Film Festival
- Special Jury Prize
- 1999 - The film entered the hundred best British films in 100 years according to the BFI (93rd place)