original title:
L'ombra di Caravaggio
directed by:
cast:
Riccardo Scamarcio, Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, Vinicio Marchioni, Lolita Chammah, Micaela Ramazzotti, Tedua, Brenno Placido, Moni Ovadia, Lorenzo Lavia, Alessandro Haber, Maurizio Donadoni, Gianfranco Gallo, Gianluca Gobbi, Michele Placido, Duccio Camerini, Carlo Giuseppe Gabardini, Alberto Onofrietti, Sebastiano Lo Monaco, Guia Jelo, Davide Paganini, Tommaso De Bacco, Lea Gavino, Pietro Micci, Michelangelo Placido
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
producer:
production:
Goldenart, Charlot, Le Pacte, Rai Cinema, Mact Productions, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Regione Lazio, Film Commission Regione Campania
distribution:
01 Distribution [Italy], Mcf Megacom Film [Albania], Palace Films [Australia], Filmladen [Austria], Mcf Megacom Film [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Beta Film [Bulgaria], Axia Films [Canada], Mcf Megacom Film [Croatia], Film Europe [Czech Republic], Njutafilms [Denmark], BestFilm [Estonia], Njutafilms [Finland], Le Pacte [France], Wild Bunch Germany [Germany], Odeon - Rosebud.21 [Greece], Mozinet [Hungary], Njutafilms [Iceland], BestFilm [Latvia], BestFilm [Lithuania], Mcf Megacom Film [Montenegro], Palace Films [New Zealand], Mcf Megacom Film [North Macedonia], Njutafilms [Norway], Midas Filmes [Portugal], Independenta Film [Romania], Exponenta Film [Russia], Mcf Megacom Film [Serbia], Film Europe [Slovakia], Mcf Megacom Film [Slovenia], JinJin Pictures [South Korea], Vertigo Films [Spain], Njutafilms [Sweden], Xenix Filmdistribution [Switzerland], Swallow Wings Films [Taiwan], Festivals Cinema [Ukraine]
world sales:
country:
Italy/France
year:
2022
film run:
120'
format:
colour
release date:
03/11/2022
festivals & awards:
Italy 1610. Caravaggio is both one of the most brilliant painters of his time and a rebel against Church rulings that dictate how religious subjects are represented. Having been informed that Caravaggio depicts prostitutes, thieves and vagabonds in his work, Pope Paul V orders the Vatican secret service to investigate, to decide whether to grant the clemency for which the painter has petitioned since being sentenced to death for the murder of a rival in love. The investigator – known as The Shadow - begins the inquiry that will lead him to discover the conflicting vices and virtues of the genius whose life – or death – lies in his hands.