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

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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