Pontormo - Un amore eretico

Florence, 16th century. Inside the workshop of Mannerist painter Jacopo Pontormo, a radical artistic vision takes shape. Obsessed with transcending Renaissance conventions, Pontormo labors on frescoes for the church of San Lorenzo, a project that defies both artistic tradition and rising religious orthodoxy. His creative heresy draws scrutiny from powerful patrons and the Church, while his intense, ambiguous relationship with his young apprentice, Andrea, fuels gossip and personal turmoil. Against a backdrop of Medici intrigue and the looming shadow of the Counter-Reformation, the film paints a portrait of an artist driven to the brink, sacrificing everything for a beauty deemed dangerous and unorthodox.