Italy - Filming of The Honest Courtesan

(19 Jul 1996) Venetian Epic asserts Rights of Woman
A passionate lover and intellectual, dares to flout 16th century convention in order to win the man she loves. It's certainly not Jane Austen, but producers are hoping The Honest Courtesan currently filming in Rome will will inspire the same frenzy as the recent glut of hot Austen pics. Catherine McCormack ('Braveheart') plays Veronica Franco; hot British actor Rufus Sewell ('Cold Comfort Farm') plays the aristocratic Marco, the man she loves but can not marry because she is penniless and of dubious heritage. But Paola, (Jacqueline
Bisset) her cynical mother, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic and illicit companions favoured by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica, at first resentful of her mother's teachings, eventually rises to become the most celebrated
courtesan in Venice - a woman whose arresting beauty and wit bring her material comforts, but not a legitimate place in society or a life with the man she adores. As war, disease and the Inquisition transform Venice from a Paradise to a ravaged city, Veronica uses
her power and intimacy with men to enforce change,

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