L’Ombra di Caravaggio
by Ilenia Bonfardeci, 2E
In data 24/11/2022 alle ore 9,00, molte
classi della nostra storia hanno partecipato alla proiezione del
film “L’Ombra di Caravaggio”, di Michele Placido, in prima visione
il 3/11/2022, organizzata, di concerto con la gestione dei cinema
Gaudium e Lux, nell’ambito della rassegna per i corsi di storia
dell’arte delle scuole di Palermo.
Preliminarmente, in sala, prima dell’avvio, il prof. Renato
Belvedere ha illustrato alcune delle opere del pittore Michelangelo
Merisi da Caravaggio, visibili durante la proiezione del film. Ecco
il video della presentazione del prof. Belvedere:
Film’s
information and my rewiew.
Title: L’ombra di Caravaggio
Date of release: 3/11/22
Director: Michele Placido
Genre: Historic and Dramatic
Cast: Riccardo Scarmarcio, Brenno Placido, Louis
Garrel, Micaela Ramazzotti, Lolita Chammah, Tedua…
Setting: Naples, Rome, Palazzo Chigi, Frascati,
Vignanello, Sutri
Music: Umberto Lervolino and Federica Luna Vincenti
Plot:
Caravaggio, the famous and brilliant Italian Renaissance painter, is
constantly on the run from his enemies. Pope Paul V hires a
mysterious inquisitor, known as “The shadow”: his aim will be to dig
into the artist life and talk to those who know him, to understand
whether the man is a madman or a genius.
Rewiew:
Michele Placido's Caravaggio lives by feeding on reality. Certainly,
I was amazed by the intensity, with which every scene of the film
has been filled. The chiaroscuro, with which he has constantly
played, in the relations of opposition, between art-truth or
power-poverty. Just as Caravaggio's vices wanted. Light and shadow.
Intense and constant passion. Intense emotions, from fear to
courage. From love to hate. I would describe it as a seesaw in which
one gets stuck, and almost persuaded. If the director's goal was to
create a period reconstruction that didn’t aim at rhetorical
spectacularization but at the material and effective substance of
the environments, then it has been achieved.
A film in which Caravaggio's painting techniques, such as
chiaroscuro, light and contrasting shadows, are not found only in
his paintings and in his brushes. This time they come to life. We
will find them in reality.
I would recommend to watch this movie, especially if you are
fascinated by art. If you are not, this movie is so intriguing that
you will certainly discover a wonderful world and you will love it.