Caravaggio (1986)

Directors

Derek Jarman

Cast

Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Tilda Swinton, Spencer Leigh, Dexter Fletcher, Michael Gough, Jack Birkett, Noam Almaz, Dawn Archibald, Sadie Corre, Una Brandon-Jones, Imogen Claire, Robbie Coltrane, Garry Cooper, Lol Coxhill, Nigel Davenport, Vernon Dobtcheff, Terry Downes, Jonathan Hyde, Emile Nicolaou, Gene October, Cindy Oswin, John Rogan, Zohra Sehgal, Lucien Taylor

The story

Told in a segmented fashion, the film opens as Caravaggio dies from lead poisoning while in exile, with only his long-time, mute companion Jerusaleme, who was given by his family to the artist as a boy, by his side. Caravaggio thinks back to his life as a teenage street ruffian who hustles and paints. While taken ill and in the care of priests, young Caravaggio catches the eye of Cardinal Francesco Maria del Monte.

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