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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 ...
Feb 20, 1998 · Dangerous Beauty: Directed by Marshall Herskovitz. With Catherine McCormack, Rufus Sewell, Oliver Platt, Fred Ward. A Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.
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Dangerous Beauty Trailer 1998Director: Marshall HerskovitzStarring: Catherine McCormack, Oliver Platt, Rufus Sewell, , , Official Content From Warner Home...
"The life you lead, the freedom you have--will you deny my daughters the same chance?" Not the request every mother would address to a prostitute, but "Dangerous Beauty" makes a persuasive case for the life of a courtesan in 16th century Venice. At a time when Europeans are bemused by our naivete about dalliance in high places, this is, I suppose, the film we should study. It's based on the true story of Veronica Franco, a well-born Venetian beauty who deliberately chose the life of a ...
Dangerous Beauty. R Released Feb 20, 1998 1h 51m History Drama List. 70% Tomatometer 30 Reviews 85% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings Veronica (Catherine McCormack) is brilliant, gifted and beautiful ...
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.
