Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
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.
- italy
- artist
- painter
- biography
- male homosexuality
- lgbt
- 17th century
- caravaggio
- gay theme
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Spencer Leigh — Jerusaleme
- Tilda Swinton — Lena
- Nigel Davenport — Giustiniani
- Robbie Coltrane — Scipione Borghese
- Michael Gough — Cardinal Del Monte
- Noam Almaz — Boy Caravaggio
- Dawn Archibald — Pipo
- Jack Birkett — The Pope
- Una Brandon-Jones — Weeping Woman
- Imogen Claire — Lady with the Jewels
- Sadie Corre — Princess Collona
- Directed
- Derek Jarman
- Written
- Derek Jarman
Production
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 · 162 ratings
- Studio
- BFI, Channel 4 Television
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
