Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio – The ArtFILM 2008

“Voluptas dolendi – The gestures of Caravaggio” is a film (or rather an “ArtFILM”, given that we have christened the genre) produced by the Marco Fodella Foundation which stages Caravaggio’s music in a contemporary cinematographic work outside habitual patterns and usual genres, represented by this singular ArtFILM that – inspired by the artistic message of the great painter – constitutes an original synthesis between different arts (music, dance, acting and painting), demonstrating how even today Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Milan 1571- Porto Ercole 1610) has a profound influence on contemporary artists. Born from the homonymous show by Mara Galassi and Deda Cristina Colonna, with the film adaptation, the direction and photography by Francesco Vitali, available on DVD (PAL) with a book in Italian and English in numbered edition, bound with overlaid and custody , with subtitles in French English Spanish German, was presented to critics on June 8, 2010 in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – Cineteca Nazionale. The ArtFILM Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio has been screened in 25 countries around the world. From 2010 to February 2018 it was broadcast by the SKY CLASSICA HD television channel.

 

VOLUPTAS DOLENDI THE GESTURES OF CARAVAGGIO
Based on the homonymous theater show by Mara Galassi and Deda Cristina Colonna

FRANCESCO VITALI
Cinematographic adaptation, photography, direction

DEDA CRISTINA COLONNA
Acting, dance

MARA GALASSI
Double harp (copy of the Barberini harp)

Italian music of the seventeenth century
Francesco da Milano, Laurencinus Romanus, Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger,
Girolamo Frescobaldi, Ascanio Mayone, Giovanni Maria Trabaci, 17th century Anonymous

BARBARA PETRECCA
Costumes

An ArtFilm produced by FONDAZIONE MARCO FODELLA
Milan Italy © Copyright all rights reserved

Realized by
TUNNEL STUDIOS Milan 2008

 

patronage
Foreign Ministry
Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities

Patronage and support
the municipality of Milan

With the contribution
Cariplo Foundation

Thanks to
Intesa Sanpaolo

 

Previews
presentations
TV broadcasts of the Artfilm

MOLA DI BARI Monday 17 November 2008
VENICE Saturday 29 November 2008
ATHENS Saturday 9 May 2009
MILAN Saturday 29 October 2009
MODENA Thursday 5 November 2009
TRIESTE Saturday 14 November 2009
VILNIUS 17 and 18 November 2009
NAPLES Sunday 29 November 2009
PALERMO Thursday 3 December 2009
MESSINA Saturday 5 December 2009
STRASBOURG Tuesday 9 February 2010
SYRACUSE Saturday 27 February 2010
PADUA Thursday 4 March 2010
HELSINKI Wednesday 7 April and 5 May 2010
ROME Tuesday 8 June 2010
SHANGHAI EXPO 2010 Sunday 18 July
MONTE ARGENTARIO Friday 23 July 2010
MILAN Wednesday 28 July 2010
BARI 12 and 16 September 2010
SAN GIORGIO DI NOGARO Saturday 16 October 2010
COPENHAGEN Saturday 23 October 2010
MILAN 30 October, 6 and 10 November 2010
MESSINA Sunday, November 14, 2010
KYOTO Wednesday 17 November 2010
MILAN Saturday 20 November 2010
HAIFA Monday 22 November 2010
TEL AVIV Tuesday 23 November 2010
MILAN Saturday 4 December 2010
DUBLIN 7 and 9 December 2010
CREAM Friday 10 December 2010
MILAN Saturday 18 December 2010
OSAKA 15 and 16 January 2011
SAINT JEAN CAP FERRAT Thursday 20 January 2011
CINCINNATI Thursday 7 April 2011
ITALIA SKY CLASSICA HD TV 10 12 18 21 27 April and 6 May 2011
THESSALONIKI Tuesday 7 June 2011
ALZO DI PELLA Friday 30 September 2011
GALLESE Sunday 30 October 2011
ITALIA SKY CLASSICA HD TV 5 7 13 16 22 February and 2 March 2012
MARSEILLE Tuesday 20 March 2012
CHICAGO Tuesday 15 May 2012
VILNIUS Tuesday 18 September 2012
LUGANO Friday 17th May 2013
CANADA Québec Sunday June 30 2013
ITALIA SKY CLASSICA HD TV 7 9 15 18 24 July and 2 August 2013
BOLOGNA 18 and 19 February 2014
ITALIA SKY CLASSICA HD TV 11 12 13 14 15 17 May 2014
LA SPEZIA Tuesday 13 May 2014
GRADARA Sunday 27 July 2014
PRAGUE Monday 29 September 2014
NAPLES Thursday 2 October 2014
ASUNCION Saturday 4 October 2014
AVELLINO Wednesday 22 October 2014
SAN PAOLO Thursday 23 October 2014
JEREVAN Friday 24 October 2014
CITTÀ DI CASTELLO Saturday 25 October 2014
PORTO ALEGRE Wednesday 29 October 2014
TOKYO Tuesday 11 November 2014
BRUSSELS Wednesday 14 January 2015
CARTAGENA (Colombia) Tuesday 20 January 2015
BEIRUT – JOUNIEH 27-28 March 2015
ASUNCION Saturday 25 April 2015
BUENOS AIRES Wednesday 27 May 2015
SAN FRANCISCO Sunday 21 June 2015
ROVERETO Monday 17 August 2015
HONG KONG Saturday 5 December 2015
ITALIA SKY CLASSICA HD TV 14 15 16 17 18 20 February 2016
TAVAZZANO (Lodi) Friday 28 October 2016
SANTIAGO (Chile) 28 November and 12 December 2016
ITALIA SKY CLASSICA HD TV 5 11 15 20 24 30 October 2017
MILAN 13 October Nov 25 Dec 16 2017 19 January 2018
MEXICO CITY 22 March 2018
MILAN Sundays from 30 November 2017 to 8 April 2018
MEXICO CITY 12 May 2018
ITALIA SKY CLASSICA HD TV 24 25 26 27 28 30 March 2019

Broadcasted on TV channel CLASSICA HD | SKY 136

 

 

SKY CLASSICA HD TV 10 12 18 21 27 April and 6 May 2011
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 5 7 13 16 22 February and 2 March 2012
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 7 9 15 18 24 July and 2 August 2013
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 11 12 13 14 15 17 May 2014
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 14 15 16 17 18 20 February 2016
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 5 11 15 20 24 30 October 2017
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 24 25 26 27 28 30 March 2019

Press Reviews

SAT GUIDA TV
The Council of the Month – The gestures of Caravaggio
EIDOS CINEMA PSYCHE E ARTI VISIVE
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio, by Marco Bizzarini
IL SOLE 24ORE – I Dischi del Sole
“Voluptas dolendi gesti del Caravaggio”, a DVD of the Marco Fodella Foundation, by Carla Moreni
IL GIORNALE DI BRESCIA
When the music … it paints Caravaggio, by Enrico Raggi
MUSICA
Review DVD VIDEO, by Nicola Cattò
AMADEUS
After the show a DVD was born from the successful theater production dedicated to Caravaggio and the music of his time
SUONARE NEWS
To see the silence and feel the smells, Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
TRACCE
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio, by Pino Bertelli
CRITICA D’ARTE
Around the film Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio. A unique expressive strategy for music and painting, by Davide Verga
Arts and Artifacts in Movie – AAM · TAC – Technology, Aesthetics, Communication
The gestures and sounds of Caravaggio in a film by Dinko Fabris
EARLY MUSIC
Music and gestures in Caravaggio’s paintings: a film, by Dinko Fabris
CINCINNATI MUSEUM OF ART SCREENING
Interview with Francesco Vitali, Filmmaker of “Voluptas Dolendi: I Gesti del Caravaggio”, by Annalisa Pappano
INCROCI NEWS
Caravaggio’s painting, between music, dance and theater.
The paintings of Michelangelo Merisi take “life” in a new representation (film e
documentary together), now on DVD, set in the church of San Marco in Milan. By Giovanni Guzzi
PLEASURE OF LUXURY
Lights and shadows of Caravaggio in a film by Francesco Vitali. Di Gianni Fodella
SOUNDS BYTE
Angela Fasick
SKY CLASSICA HD MAGAZINE
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio, Francesco Vitali
MASTER’S LINE OF SIGHT THROUGH A FILM
Collection from Uffizi – Self-portraits from the Uffizi Gallery – National Museum of Art of Osaka
PINACOTECA AMBROSIANA
Voluptas Dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CAPITAL
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
MILANOMESE TOP EVENTS
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
FILARMONICA LAUDAMO MESSINA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Caravaggio between images and words
PORTO SANTO STEFANO
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Frames of a painter
CINEMAARTE-TRIENNALE BOVISA MILANO
The film opens an unprecedented vision on the world of Caravaggio
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Cinemarte – From Caravaggio to Bill Viola
LA REPUBBLICA
Cinemarte – Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
IL GIORNO
Cinamarte-Unpublished Caravaggio painted with the camera
CARAVAGGIO – SINEBRYCHOFF MUSEUM HELSINKY
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CARAVAGGIO – SINEBRYCHOFF MUSEUM HELSINKY
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
LUCI A SIRACUSA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio, directed by Francesco Vitali, uses quotes from ancient texts to make a “story” result from movements, colors, lights, sounds and words
INVITO PROIEZIONE PRESSO IL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO
On the occasion of the opening of the celebrations for the fourth centenary of the death of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
IL SOLE 24ORE
Martedì 9 Febbraio verrà presentato al Parlamento europeo il film “Voluptas dolendi i gesti del Caravaggio” di Francesco Vitali
CAPITAL
Strasburgo. “Voluptas dolendi i gesti del Caravaggio”: i parlamentari europei lo vedranno il 9 Febbraio nella Sala Winston Churchill al Palais de l’Europe.
CARAVAGGIO, LOTTO, RIBERA – Musei Civici agli Eremitani, Padova
Voluptas dolendi i gesti del Caravaggio
AMADEUS
Voluptas dolendi i gesti del Caravaggio. Incontro con i protagonisti del film della Fondazione Marco Fodella, nato da un fortunato spettacolo sul pittore lombardo. Di Massimo Rolando Zegna.
MUSICA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
LOMBARDIA CINEMA RAGAZZI – ARRIVANO I FILM
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
ORATORIO DI SAN LORENZO PALERMO – AMICI DEI MUSEI SICILIANI
Voluptas dolendi the destures of Caravaggio
IL GIORNALE DI SICILIA
Video on the gestures of Caravaggio in the oratory
LA REPUBBLICA
The gestures of Caravaggio in video in San Lorenzo
BAROKO DIALOGAI – VILNIUS (Lituania)
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
WUNDERKAMMER – I LATI DELLA NOTTE
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
GRANDEZZE E MERAVIGLIE – MODENA – PROGRAMMA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
GRANDEZZE E MERAVIGLIE – SALA TRUFFAUT – MODENA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
IL GIORNALE DI MODENA
At Truffaut, cinema tells about art
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio by Francesco Vitali
IL RESTO DEL CARLINO
Caravaggio, the paintings become a movie
L’INFORMAZIONE
Sala Truffaut, a film about the art of Caravaggio
AMADEUS
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
LA REPUBBLICA
The magic of ancient music with the Fodella Foundation

Critics have said

FRANCESCO ALBERONI

“Voluptas dolendi The gestures of Caravaggio” is a cinematographic work of great sensitivity and originality, which can become a classic. A parable about the transience of life and a manifestation of “pietas” against Caravaggio as well as “The Craft of Arms” by Ermanno Olmi was against Giovanni delle Bande Nere … Milan, April 5, 2008

 

ERMANNO OLMI

I am pleased with the excellent success of the film “Voluptas dolendi” and I wish the best results in the diffusion of this work by Francesco Vitali. Asiago May 22, 2009

GIANNI RONDOLINO

I received the film and the beautiful book that accompanies it. I saw it and saw it again because it fascinated me … Turin June 28th 2010

GIAMPIERO FRASCA

I saw the film with great interest and I appreciated the photographic composition, enhanced by the remarkable relevance of the luministic component, the hypnotic fixity of the camera and the bright colors of the costumes. Beyond the sound component, obviously fundamental, I think that the images perfectly reflect the Caravaggesque aesthetic and its peculiar use of light sources, a practice that, to date, I had seen replicate, even if with darker and apocalyptic tones, only in a film like “Confortorio” by Paolo Benvenuti, a director who is too independent and therefore excluded from traditional distribution. I thank this experience, I congratulate Francesco Vitali and his commendable figurative research and with your Foundation, wishing you the success that the film deserves also in Shanghai. Turin 6 July 2010 (on the eve of the presentation in Shanghai, Sunday 18 July)

TILMAN SEEBASS

… It is an extraordinary creation, which I have not yet completely absorbed.  I find the use of the harp for the music pieces quite convincing because it preserves the substance of the music and is most adequate for the room in which the dancer explores the space.  A lutenist or harpsichordist would not be as effective in this medium.  The dancer has a marvellous understanding of the music and her way of transforming the music into gesture, move and expression is superb — and touching.  …   (* Professor & president of the International Musicological Society) Absam 22 May 2011

Broadcasted on TV channel CLASSICA HD | SKY 136

 

 

SKY CLASSICA HD TV 10 12 18 21 27 April and 6 May 2011
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 5 7 13 16 22 February and 2 March 2012
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 7 9 15 18 24 July and 2 August 2013
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 11 12 13 14 15 17 May 2014
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 14 15 16 17 18 20 February 2016
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 5 11 15 20 24 30 October 2017
SKY CLASSICA HD TV 24 25 26 27 28 30 March 2019

Press Reviews

SAT GUIDA TV
The Council of the Month – The gestures of Caravaggio
EIDOS CINEMA PSYCHE E ARTI VISIVE
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio, by Marco Bizzarini
IL SOLE 24ORE – I Dischi del Sole
“Voluptas dolendi gesti del Caravaggio”, a DVD of the Marco Fodella Foundation, by Carla Moreni
IL GIORNALE DI BRESCIA
When the music … it paints Caravaggio, by Enrico Raggi
MUSICA
Review DVD VIDEO, by Nicola Cattò
AMADEUS
After the show a DVD was born from the successful theater production dedicated to Caravaggio and the music of his time
SUONARE NEWS
To see the silence and feel the smells, Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
TRACCE
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio, by Pino Bertelli
CRITICA D’ARTE
Around the film Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio. A unique expressive strategy for music and painting, by Davide Verga
Arts and Artifacts in Movie – AAM · TAC – Technology, Aesthetics, Communication
The gestures and sounds of Caravaggio in a film by Dinko Fabris
EARLY MUSIC
Music and gestures in Caravaggio’s paintings: a film, by Dinko Fabris
CINCINNATI MUSEUM OF ART SCREENING
Interview with Francesco Vitali, Filmmaker of “Voluptas Dolendi: I Gesti del Caravaggio”, by Annalisa Pappano
INCROCI NEWS
Caravaggio’s painting, between music, dance and theater.
The paintings of Michelangelo Merisi take “life” in a new representation (film e
documentary together), now on DVD, set in the church of San Marco in Milan. By Giovanni Guzzi
PLEASURE OF LUXURY
Lights and shadows of Caravaggio in a film by Francesco Vitali. Di Gianni Fodella
SOUNDS BYTE
Angela Fasick
SKY CLASSICA HD MAGAZINE
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio, Francesco Vitali
MASTER’S LINE OF SIGHT THROUGH A FILM
Collection from Uffizi – Self-portraits from the Uffizi Gallery – National Museum of Art of Osaka
PINACOTECA AMBROSIANA
Voluptas Dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CAPITAL
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
MILANOMESE TOP EVENTS
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
FILARMONICA LAUDAMO MESSINA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Caravaggio between images and words
PORTO SANTO STEFANO
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Frames of a painter
CINEMAARTE-TRIENNALE BOVISA MILANO
The film opens an unprecedented vision on the world of Caravaggio
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Cinemarte – From Caravaggio to Bill Viola
LA REPUBBLICA
Cinemarte – Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
IL GIORNO
Cinamarte-Unpublished Caravaggio painted with the camera
CARAVAGGIO – SINEBRYCHOFF MUSEUM HELSINKY
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CARAVAGGIO – SINEBRYCHOFF MUSEUM HELSINKY
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
LUCI A SIRACUSA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
CORRIERE DELLA SERA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio, directed by Francesco Vitali, uses quotes from ancient texts to make a “story” result from movements, colors, lights, sounds and words
INVITO PROIEZIONE PRESSO IL PARLAMENTO EUROPEO
On the occasion of the opening of the celebrations for the fourth centenary of the death of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
IL SOLE 24ORE
Martedì 9 Febbraio verrà presentato al Parlamento europeo il film “Voluptas dolendi i gesti del Caravaggio” di Francesco Vitali
CAPITAL
Strasburgo. “Voluptas dolendi i gesti del Caravaggio”: i parlamentari europei lo vedranno il 9 Febbraio nella Sala Winston Churchill al Palais de l’Europe.
CARAVAGGIO, LOTTO, RIBERA – Musei Civici agli Eremitani, Padova
Voluptas dolendi i gesti del Caravaggio
AMADEUS
Voluptas dolendi i gesti del Caravaggio. Incontro con i protagonisti del film della Fondazione Marco Fodella, nato da un fortunato spettacolo sul pittore lombardo. Di Massimo Rolando Zegna.
MUSICA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
LOMBARDIA CINEMA RAGAZZI – ARRIVANO I FILM
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
ORATORIO DI SAN LORENZO PALERMO – AMICI DEI MUSEI SICILIANI
Voluptas dolendi the destures of Caravaggio
IL GIORNALE DI SICILIA
Video on the gestures of Caravaggio in the oratory
LA REPUBBLICA
The gestures of Caravaggio in video in San Lorenzo
BAROKO DIALOGAI – VILNIUS (Lituania)
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
WUNDERKAMMER – I LATI DELLA NOTTE
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
GRANDEZZE E MERAVIGLIE – MODENA – PROGRAMMA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
GRANDEZZE E MERAVIGLIE – SALA TRUFFAUT – MODENA
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
IL GIORNALE DI MODENA
At Truffaut, cinema tells about art
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio by Francesco Vitali
IL RESTO DEL CARLINO
Caravaggio, the paintings become a movie
L’INFORMAZIONE
Sala Truffaut, a film about the art of Caravaggio
AMADEUS
Voluptas dolendi the gestures of Caravaggio
LA REPUBBLICA
The magic of ancient music with the Fodella Foundation

Critics have said

FRANCESCO ALBERONI

“Voluptas dolendi The gestures of Caravaggio” is a cinematographic work of great sensitivity and originality, which can become a classic. A parable about the transience of life and a manifestation of “pietas” against Caravaggio as well as “The Craft of Arms” by Ermanno Olmi was against Giovanni delle Bande Nere … Milan, April 5, 2008

 

ERMANNO OLMI

I am pleased with the excellent success of the film “Voluptas dolendi” and I wish the best results in the diffusion of this work by Francesco Vitali. Asiago May 22, 2009

GIANNI RONDOLINO

I received the film and the beautiful book that accompanies it. I saw it and saw it again because it fascinated me … Turin June 28th 2010

GIAMPIERO FRASCA

I saw the film with great interest and I appreciated the photographic composition, enhanced by the remarkable relevance of the luministic component, the hypnotic fixity of the camera and the bright colors of the costumes. Beyond the sound component, obviously fundamental, I think that the images perfectly reflect the Caravaggesque aesthetic and its peculiar use of light sources, a practice that, to date, I had seen replicate, even if with darker and apocalyptic tones, only in a film like “Confortorio” by Paolo Benvenuti, a director who is too independent and therefore excluded from traditional distribution. I thank this experience, I congratulate Francesco Vitali and his commendable figurative research and with your Foundation, wishing you the success that the film deserves also in Shanghai. Turin 6 July 2010 (on the eve of the presentation in Shanghai, Sunday 18 July)

TILMAN SEEBASS

… It is an extraordinary creation, which I have not yet completely absorbed.  I find the use of the harp for the music pieces quite convincing because it preserves the substance of the music and is most adequate for the room in which the dancer explores the space.  A lutenist or harpsichordist would not be as effective in this medium.  The dancer has a marvellous understanding of the music and her way of transforming the music into gesture, move and expression is superb — and touching.  …   (* Professor & president of the International Musicological Society) Absam 22 May 2011