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Secret Passage

2004, regia di Ademir Kenovic

Scheda: Nazione: GB-Lussemburgo - Produzione: CRG International Delux Productions, Zephyr Films Ltd. - Distribuzione: IAC Films - Soggetto: Ademir Kenovic - Sceneggiatura: Ademir Kenovic - Fotografia: Vilko Filac - Montaggio: Robin Sales - Scenografia: Franco Fumagalli - Costumi: Gabriella Pescucci, Carlo Poggioli - Musiche: Stephen Warbeck - Effetti speciali: Alain Couty, Alain Carsoux - Formato: Color - Durata: 94'.

Cast: John Turturro, Alessandra Costanzo, Christelle Bulckaen, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Katherine Borowitz, Tara Fitzgerald, Chris Bearne, Katherine Borowitz, Alessandro Dieli, Holly Earl, Richard Harrington, Ronald Pickup, Anton Rodgers, Poppy Rogers.

Trama e commenti: la-biblioteca-di-film.blogspot.com - cineuropa.org - osservatoriobalcani.org - quellicheilcinema.com: «1492. Tutti gli ebrei spagnoli sono costretti a convertirsi al cattolicesimo o a fuggire in esilio per evitare la condanna a morte. Due sorelle, Isabelle (Katherine Borowitz) e Clara (Tara Fitzgerald), si recano a Venezia dove Isabelle organizza dei "passaggi segreti" per i rifugiati che fuggono l'Inquisizione mentre sua sorella Clara s'innamora di un nobile veneziano, Paolo Zane (John Turturro). Quando Isabelle decide di partire per Istanbul, dove gli ebrei possono vivere liberamente, Clara si rifiuta di seguirla. ... Secret Passage è stato presentato nel 2003 al The Boston Jewish Film, al Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival e al The Washington Jewish Film Festival; nel 2004 ha aperto il Brooklyn Jewish Film Festival (28 aprile - 2 maggio 2004) e il Vancouver Jewish Film Festival».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - allmovie.com - scifi-drama-movie.blogspot.com - variety.com - filmfund.lu - zml.com - answers.com - trailerfan.com - moviemeter.nl - zelluloid.de - britfilms.com: «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...».

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