Caravaggio

1h 33m • Drama, European • 1986

It’s 1610. The Renaissance painter, Caravaggio, is wanted for murder and is on the run. He is dying and being cared for by his young apprentice. Caravaggio narrates episodes of his life, and muses on his approaching death. A complex and lucid treatment of Jarman’s major concerns: violence, history, homosexuality, and the relation between film and painting.