SEE CHARACTER POSTERS AND LUSH TRAILER FOR ITALIAN HISTORICAL DRAMA CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW ABOUT THE FAMOUS 17TH CENTURY PAINTER WITH RICCARDO SCAMARCIO, LOUIS GARREL, ISABELLE HUPPERT

 CARAVAGGIO'S SHADOW 

1ST TRAILER & RELEASE DATE

The movie is out this November in Italy

Beside Leonardo that you watched this summer on CW and a movie on Dante that aired in Italian cinemas, there is another famous Italian artist getting a big screen treatment this year. You can expect a historical biopic on legendary painter Caravaggio in CARAVA- GGIO'S SHADOW (L'ombra di Caravaggio) which is set to arrive to cinemas November 3rd in Italy directed by their famous acting legend Michele Placido with Riccardo Scamarcio in the title role and French star Louis Garrel as his shadow. Isabelle Huppert also stars as Costanza Sforza Colonna! Today I offer you the first trailer below and also character posters!

 

THIS HISTORICAL DRAMA

depicts the struggles of the notorious Renaissance painter as he's investigated by the Vatican. Italy 1610. Michelangelo Merisi (Scarmarcio), better known as Caravaggio, ignores Catholic Church rulings that dictate how religious subjects are to be represented. Having been informed that he 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 Caravaggio has petitioned since being sentenced to death for the murder of a rival in love. The investigator (Garrel) – known as The Shadow - begins the inquiry that will lead him to discover the conflicting vices and virtues of the artist whose life – or death – lies in his hands.