Synopsis
Dangerous Beauty (1998) is a historical romance you can watch online on iFILM. In 1583 Venice, the brilliant, beautiful Veronica Franco loves the aristocrat Marco — but with no dowry, marriage to him is out of reach.
To pull her family back from poverty, Veronica's mother trains her as a courtesan, the one role that grants a woman of the era access to books, politics and the men who run the republic. Veronica becomes Venice's most sought-after woman and a published poet, until the Inquisition fixes its gaze on her. Catherine McCormack plays Veronica, Rufus Sewell is her Marco, with Oliver Platt, Jacqueline Bisset and a young Naomi Watts filling out the cast.
Marshall Herskovitz based the film on the real poet Veronica Franco, whose verse and wit unsettled men more than her looks ever did. Expect lavish Venice, duels fought in rhyme, and a surprisingly current argument about female freedom. One for fans of smart period romance. Stream Dangerous Beauty online on iFILM.
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