Released in theaters on October 21, 2020, Andrei Konchalovsky's Michelangelo, despite its sumptuous sets and an actor perfectly embodying a tormented genius, tells us little about the artist's inspiration and his creative process.
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Ecstasy and Acedia
Geoffroy Caillet, editor-in-chief of
Figaro Histoire
, deciphers this hyperrealist film which only “
scratches the mystery
”.
He compares it to its Hollywood predecessor,
The Ecstasy and the Agony
of Carol Reed, released in 1965, which had taken as its fulcrum the creation of the vault of the Sistine, and showed a Michelangelo touched by grace .
Konchalovsky's “Michelangelo” only “scratches the surface of the mystery” according to Geoffroy Caillet of
Figaro Histoire.
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