Completed - ENGLISH - Art - Culture, Drama, Historical - 93 minutes
Year of production : 1986 Director(s) : Derek JARMAN Writer(s) : Derek JARMAN Cast : Nigel TERRY, Dexter FLETCHER, Sean BEAN, Dawn ARCHIBALD, Tilda SWINTON, Noam ALMAZ Producer(s) : British FILM INSTITUTE (BFI - BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE)
Hugely significant to Jarman, his biopic of the Italian Baroque painter with whom he strongly identified was developed over many years. Shot on 35mm film, it looks incredible: the tableaux and sets project rich, painterly depth, brightness and colour. Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton deliver fine performances as the model and partner caught up in a complex love triangle with the famous artist, as Caravaggio struggles to reconcile the demands of authority (in the form of his patrons) with his own artistic and sexual needs – a tension then very close to Jarman’s heart.
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM
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