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Caravaggio

His passion came with a price.

6.1(166)19861h 33m3

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • italy
  • artist
  • painter
  • biography
  • male homosexuality
  • lgbt
  • 17th century
  • caravaggio
  • gay theme

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Derek Jarman

Produced in

United Kingdom

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR29 Aug 1986
    • PremiereSundance Film Festival21 Jan 1992
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM1 Oct 1987
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 1986
  • BrazilBR

    • PhysicalDVD Premiere26 Sept 2006
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)15+Film clubs only1 Jan 1993
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival14 Feb 1986
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG8 Aug 1987
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical16Digitale restauratie25 Sept 2025
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical18Barcelona7 Sept 1990
    • TheatricalMadrid19 Dec 1990
  • SwedenSE

    • PremiereGothenburg Film Festival31 Jan 1987
    • Theatrical1525 Aug 1989
    • Physical15DVD14 Dec 2011
    • PremiereMalmö Queer Film Festival14 Aug 2021
  • TaiwanTW

    • PremiereTaipei Golden Horse Film Festival24 Nov 2014
    • PremiereTaipei Literature Festival30 May 2026

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Caravaggio was released on 29 August 1986.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    8/21/2024

    7/10

    I knew there had to be a reason why anyone ever cared about Sean Bean. A more wooden actor I think I've never seen, but here his conniving "Ranuccio" is sexy and provocative and put together with Nigel Terry's convincing performance as the eponymous artist and Dexter Fletcher's efforts as the younger, manipulative, Caravaggio, this is a no-holes barred/bared look at debauchery and hedonism in a papal Italy that was w…

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