Catherine McCormack excels as a 16th-century Venetian courtesan, who is in love with Rufus Sewell, a man above her station, but her life is put in further turmoil with the coming of war against the Turks. This intelligent, well-made, sumptuous movie effectively conjures up an era of social injustice through one woman's harsh life. Based on the life of a real courtesan.
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