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Sin

Il peccato

2019

Andrei Konchalovsky

Alberto Testone, Yuliya Vysotskaya, Orso Maria Guerrini, Jakob Diehl ...

6.2

397

Drama Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Alberto Testone) is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner and head of the Della Rovere nobility Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo becomes obsessed with sourcing the finest marble to complete his tomb. The artist's loyalty is tested when Leo X, of the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Manuel Betancourt Variety	"Konchalovsky’s handsomely lensed film about the great Italian artist grapples with how to create divine works amid earthly travails."	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"An austere, demanding sit, 'Sin' nevertheless has a stubborn integrity in exploring the competing forces of patronage and creative inspiration that Michelangelo confronted in the 16th century."	POS
United Kingdom	Demetrios Matheou Screendaily	"Alberto Testoni puts in a skilled performance as Michelangelo in Andrei Konchalovsky’s revisionist biopic (...) a fascinating portrait of an artist fighting to survive in the cut and thrust of times quite unlike our own."	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"A captivating lead performance and a truly massive central metaphor make it a memorable arthouse film"	POS
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"'Sin' may ultimately resemble something shapeless and wanting, but even an unformed block of marble boasts an impressive textural beauty."	NEU
United States	Pat Brown Slant	"'Sin' gives vibrant expression to the paradox of Michelangelo’s art (...) Testone brings a sullen intensity to his role that’s well suited to Sin’s Herzogian take on the genius as madman (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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