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Benvenuto Cellini

The Florentine sculptor and silversmith Benvenuto Cellini rapidly attained a degree of renown that went beyond the confines of Italy. Invariably embroiled in conspiracies, intrigues and quarrels, Cellini is commissioned by the Pope to cast a large sculpture of Perseus. He is loved by Teresa, but she is promised to Fieramosca, an academic artist who has not been favoured with a papal commission. Terry Gilliam’s exuberant production draws the protagonists into a delirious and joyful yet claustrophobic and megalomaniac world: a flaring up of contagious madness.

Release Date: April 12, 2018

Status: Released

Genres:

Comedy

Drama

History

Cast

John Osborn

John Osborn

Benvenuto Cellini

Pretty Yende

Pretty Yende

Teresa

Michèle Losier

Michèle Losier

Ascanio

Audun Iversen

Audun Iversen

Fieramosca

Marco Spotti

Marco Spotti

Le Pape Clément VII

Philippe Jordan

Philippe Jordan

Self - Conductor