Rome, San Luigi dei Francesi church, Contarelli Chapel: the Vocation and Martyrdom of Saint Matthew. It is July 1600 when the canvases are shown to the public: it is Caravaggio's debut in society, his first public work. A revolution for painting. A revolution that takes place in a very short time, in a few streets in the center of Rome: in the Campo Marzio district, between the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and Piazza del Popolo. In a Rome in full transformation, preparing for the Jubilee of 1600 after the great fear of the Lutheran schism and the end of the Council of Trent. A beautiful but ferocious Rome, that of Clement VIII Aldobrandini, who in 1599 condemns Beatrice Cenci to death and in 1600 lights the stake of Giordano Bruno. In this background, Caravaggio wanders between the street and the buildings, between the shops and the taverns, leaving traces of himself in the judicial documents. Cards that come to life thanks to the words of the historian Michele Di Sivo that make us imagine the painter at the turn of the century, offering new insights into the history of art. The documentary tells the story of the genesis of this revolution, following the artist from his debut to the triumph of the great commissions. Francesca Cappelletti, Director of the Galleria Borghese, and Maria Cristina Terzaghi, among the greatest experts on Caravaggio, accompany the public in a rediscovery of the Lombard artist, following his itinerary from his formative years to his work in the Roman workshops, from his first works to the triumph of the sacred scenes of the church of the French, of Santa Maria del Popolo, of Sant’Agostino.