Secret Passage

Jan 1, 2004

1h 34m

★ 2.5

Overview

Isabel and Clara are growing up in a time of terror. It is 1492, and Spain has decreed that all Jews must either convert to Catholicism, go into exile or face trial and execution. Although forcibly baptized, the sisters are chased through Christendom until they arrive in Venice. It is in this great maritime empire, where opulence rhymes with tolerance, that Isabel organizes secret passages for refugees fleeing the Inquisition while Clara falls in love with a Venetian noble, Paolo Zane. Isabel intends for her family to go to Istanbul, the only place where Jews can live freely, but Clara is reluctant to leave. She challenges Isabel's authority and is prepared to break her family ties and sacrifice her faith for love. Caught in this battle of wills is Clara's daughter, Victoria, who finds she is about to be married into the same faith that murdered her father.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Zephyr Films

Delux Productions

C.R.G. International

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Cast

Paolo Zane

John Turturro

Isabel

Katherine Borowitz

Clara

Tara Fitzgerald

Victoria

Hannah Taylor-Gordon

Foscari

Anton Rodgers

Da Monte

Ronald Pickup

Andrea Zane

Marc Pickering

Donna Benveniste

Marianne Borgo

6 years old Clara

Holly Earl

Alfonso Salvador

Peter Guinness

Spanish Priest

Malcolm Sinclair

Maid Benviniste

Alessandra Costanzo

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