Secret Passage
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.
Cast
John Turturro
as Paolo Zane
Katherine Borowitz
as Isabel
Tara Fitzgerald
as Clara
Hannah Taylor-Gordon
as Victoria
Anton Rodgers
as Foscari
Ronald Pickup
as Da Monte
Marc Pickering
as Andrea Zane
Marianne Borgo
as Donna Benveniste
Holly Earl
as 6 years old Clara
Peter Guinness
as Alfonso Salvador
