Biographical drama starring Nigel Terry, Sean Bean and Tilda Swinton. Tuscany, 1610: controversial artist Michelangelo Caravaggio recalls his life from his deathbed as he is nursed by his faithful mute friend Jerusaleme. Caravaggio's hallucinatory memories take him back to his early days as a struggling painter in Rome, where he was forced to sell both his work and his body to survive.