Dangerous Beauty (1998)
- Directed by
- Marshall Herskovitz
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 296 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman in 16th-century Venice becomes a courtesan to escape poverty and gains influence. She later faces persecution by the Church but finds unexpected support from her former lover.
romanticdramatichistoricalsensualinspirationaltensevisually rich
What happens
Dangerous Beauty is a 1998 American biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz, and starring Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell and Oliver Platt. Based on the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan by Margaret Rosenthal, the film is about Veronica Franco, a courtesan in sixteenth-century Venice who becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft. The film features a supporting cast that includes Fred Ward, Naomi Watts, Moira Kelly and Jacqueline Bisset. The film was released as A Destiny of Her Own in some regions, and was retitled The Honest Courtesan for its UK release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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