Secret Passage (2004) ( The Lion's Mouth )

Secret Passage (2004) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: The Lion's Mouth
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
91 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Luxembourg ( France, Benelux )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Ademir Kenovic

Written By:
Ademir Kenovic
Olivier Bonas

Actors:
John Turturro ..... Paolo Zane
Katherine Borowitz ..... Isabel
Tara Fitzgerald ..... Clara
Hannah Taylor Gordon ..... Victoria
Anton Rodgers ..... Foscari
Ronald Pickup ..... Da Monte
Richard Harrington ..... Joseph
Seymour Matthews ..... Ruben
Marc Pickering ..... Andrea Zane
Carmen Sorrenti ..... Francesca
Adam Kotz ..... Inquisitor
Alessandra Costanzo ..... Maid Benviniste
Mustafa Nadarevic ..... Foscari's Informant
Frank Baker ..... Don Benveniste
Marianne Borgo ..... Donna Benveniste

Synopsis:

Spain 1492. Inseparable sisters Isabel and Clara have their privileged lives torn apart by the arrival of the Inquisition, which decrees that all Jews must either convert to Catholicism or be banished into exile. The sisters flee to Holland, where Isabel assumes the role of head of the family and arranges for Clara to marry Alfonso Salvador, with whom Clara has a daughter, Victoria. Alfonso's trading activities amass a fortune for the family, and he and Isabel use their influence to help other Jews escape the Inquisition. Despite their fortune, the threat of discovery is always nearby; tragedy strikes again when Alfonso's activities are discovered and he is executed. Isabel, Clara and Victoria must flee once again. This time their destination is the great maritime empire of Venice, from where they plan to make a final escape to the safety of Turkey. On arrival in Venice, Isabel tries to negotiate their passage to Istanbul, but the Turks insist that as payment they want to learn the secrets of Venetian glassmaking - a national treasure, the details of which are guarded under death penalty. Isabel realises that she and Clara will have to penetrate Venetian society if they are to learn the secrets of glass and achieve their escape to Turkey.

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.

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