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September 18, Tuesday, 7 pm
Pasaka Cinema, Šv. Ignoto g. 4

Voluptas dolendi. I gesti del Caravaggio
The great painter’s vision evoked through film and movement

Featuring dancer Deda Cristina Colonna and harpist Mara Galassi
Directed by Francesco Vitali (Italy)
2008, 58 min, Latin and Italian languages with Lithuanian subtitles

The film was produced by the Marco Fodella Foundation


This film by Italian director Francesco Vitali uses music and visual art to recreate the mood of paintings by one of the greatest Baroque painters – Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio. Voluptas dolendi. I gesti del Caravaggio is a veritable collage of the various arts – music, dance, acting and painting. The artistic gestures captured in movement, dance and declamation by the actress appear to bring to life the characters from Caravaggio’s paintings. The narrative in Latin and Italian which is based on texts written by the painter himself and on others associated with him is accompanied by harp music.

The film arose from a theatre production by the same title which was produced in Milan in 2002, later being staged in various other Italian cities for several years. Director Francesco Vitali, who also designed the scenography, filmed this non-traditional project in 2008 over five days in the Cathedral of San Marco in Milan – a special place in Italy which plays host to the rich Baroque artistic legacy.

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