MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI IS AN ARTIST IN A STRUGGLE IN ANDREI KONCHALOVSKY'S HISTORICAL MOVIE DRAMA 'SIN' ARRIVING TO CINEMAS THIS WEEK

   SIN MOVIE TRAILER  

ON FAMOUS MICHELANGELO

Continuing our week of international projects, today we have a trailer for historical drama from famous Andrei Konchalovsky SIN a movie on legendary painter Michelangelo which has already played in Europe but is

The movie is out February 19th

arriving to USA cinemas February 19th. Alberto Testone leads the  the film which depicts the life of Michelangelo Buonarroti. It is interesting that Vladimir Putin gifted Pope Francis an early cut of the film in the summer of 201. 

Florence early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contempo- raries, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Alberto Testone) is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner and head of the Della Rovere nobility Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo becomes obsessed with sourcing the finest marble to complete his tomb. The artist's

All the sets and costumes were made from materials authentic to Renaissance

loyalty is tested when Leo X, of the rival Medici family, ascends to the papacy and charges him with a lucrative new commission - the façade of the San Lorenzo basilica. Forced to lie to maintain favour with both families, Michelangelo is progressively tormented by suspicion and hallucinations,

Andrei Konchalovsky spent more than eight years working on the film

leading him to ruthlessly examine his own moral and artistic failings. Written and directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, Il Peccato (Sin) is a gripping reflection on the agony and ecstasy of individual greatness, and the profound humanity behind the legend of the Renaissance.

1ST PHOTOS FROM PERIOD SET EUROPEAN MOVIES HENRY JAMES' THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE AND SIN ON FAMOUS MICHELANGELO!

FIRST 'SIN' PHOTO

FROM MICHELANGELO BIOPIC!

It has been a very slow week, so I will entertain you today with two new period set movies, both coming from European studios. Famous Russian director Andrey Konchalovskiy has finished his new historical drama SIN

Michelangelo's famous works include the statue of David and Sistine Chapel frescoes

which depicts the life of famous Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti (Alberto Testone). Shot entirely in Italy, the movie was produced in Rome

The film will find the artist in the most difficult part of his life in which, crushed by the pressure from the powerful people, he wasn't able to fulfil his commitments

and its environs and in Tuscany, including the Carrara quarry where Michelangelo got his marble. Signoria Square in Florence was temporarily covered with sand during filming in order to make the scene more realistic.

'THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE'

BASED ON HENRY JAMES WORK

The other movie today comes from Dutch director Clara van Gool who has decided to adapt Henry James' work THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE. The English language period set drama follows  the story of a man in who's life precisely nothing was to happen! Some of the scenes in the film are depicted through dance!

THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE
arriving into the cinemas in The Netherlands next March,  and based on the novella by Henry James, depicts the enigmatic love story of John Marcher (Dane Hurst) and May Bartram (Sarah Reynolds). Their duet around an ominous secret is captured in a style both physical and poetic. Set in a remote countryside mansion the story stretches over a century, spiralling from the late 19th century of king James to the global present. The movie will air at the very end of this month at Swedish Goteborg movie festival.