Overview
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.
Cast
- John Osborn as Benvenuto Cellini
- Pretty Yende as Teresa
- Michèle Losier as Ascanio
- Audun Iversen as Fieramosca
- Marco Spotti as Le Pape Clément VII
- Philippe Jordan as Self - Conductor