Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
Considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo is reduced to poverty by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner Pope Julius II dies, the artist’s loyalty is tested as the Medici family ascends to the papacy and charges him with a lucrative commission.
Considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo is reduced to poverty by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner Pope Julius II dies, the artist’s loyalty is tested as the Medici family ascends to the papacy and charges him with a lucrative commission.