Movie Description:
The sensuous true story ofthe woman who used looks, wit and seduction to defy the conventions of 16th-century Venice comes to the screen in DangerousBeauty. Catherine McCormack plays Veronica Franco, a talented beauty disdainful of the restrictions placed on women of herera. Only one profession will allow herto persue learning, acquire property andfulfill other forbidden desires. So Veronica, under the knowing tutelage ofher mother, becomes a courtesanto the rich and powerful. She`ll pay a price. Veronica may have to turn away forever from the nobleman she loves. And shemay stand alone when the Inquisition charges her wiles are witchcraft. Shot on Italian settings recreating RRenaissance Venice and itsgondola-filled canals, Dangerous Beauty is as sumptuous as it is passionate, a work of redemptive romance that fills the eyeand heart.
