Trivia / Sin

Trivia Tropes:

• Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Alberto Testone looks remarkably like Michelangelo. Compare the face on the film poster to Daniele da Volterra's famous portrait of Michelangelo.
• Dawson Casting: The film's core essentially follows Michelangelo between age 37 and age 40 (between the years 1512 and 1515). He's played by then-56 year old Alberto Testone.
• Fake Nationality:
  • German actor Jakob Diehl (brother of August Diehl) as the Italian Peppe.
  • Italian actor Riccardo Landi as Al Farab (who's presumably Syrian).
  • Russian actress Yuliya Vysotskaya as the Italian Lady with the Ermine.
• International Coproduction: The film is a Russian-Italian production.
• Similarly Named Works: Not to be confused with another 2019 film (from Indonesia this time) that's also titled Sin.

Other Trivia:

• The film was proudly sponsored and promoted by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
• Vladimir Putin himself offered a DVD of the film to Pope Francis during an official visit at the Vatican.

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