Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Rating: 7.1/10
Duration: 111 min
Director(s): Marshall Herskovitz,
Description:
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.
Cast
- Oliver Platt as Maffio Venier
- Fred Ward as Domenico Venier
- Catherine McCormack as Veronica Franco
- Jake Weber as King Henry
- Joanna Cassidy as Laura Venier
- Naomi Watts as Giulia De Lezze
- Daniel Lapaine as Serafino Franco
- Melina Kanakaredes as Livia
- Rufus Sewell as Marco Venier
- Simon Dutton as Minister Ramberti
- Jeroen Krabbé as Pietro Venier
- Moira Kelly as Beatrice Venier
- Jacqueline Bisset as Paola Franco
- Justine Miceli as Elena Franco
- Grant Russell as Francesco Martenengo