Loosely inspired by Arthur Japin's best-selling novel, In Lucia's Eyes, Michiel Van Erp's A Beautiful Imperfection is based on true events. Lucia, Casanova's first love and betrothed, is played by Dar Zuzovsky; Jonah Andre Hauer-King is Casanova. When Lucia is disfigured by smallpox, she abandons Giacomo for fear of thwarting his ambitious plans for social advancement. Sixteen years later in Amsterdam, she is a courtesan famous for the mysterious veil that hides her face, while he is now a cynical womanizer. Casanova courts her without recognizing her, and a dangerous game of seduction begins between them, pushing Lucia to rediscover herself, at the risk of losing everything.
Shot in evocative locations in Italy – Venice, Vicenza, Padua – the Netherlands, and Belgium, A Beautiful Imperfection is the intimate and modern tale of a strong female figure balanced between sensuality and pragmatism. It is a story that offers an important contribution to the portrayal of an independent woman in a world where everything seems to revolve around appearances.
Locations included historic residences such as Palazzo Papafava dei Carraresi, Villa Roberti, Villa Valmarana in Padua, Villa Fracanzan Piovene in Vicenza, Palazzo Pisani Moretta and Palazzo Pisani Ferri in Venice.
The first frames in Veneto show wedding preparations in full swing at Villa Fracanzan Piovene, designed by the Baroque architect Francesco Muttoni, in Orgiano (Vicenza), south of the Berici Hills. Here, Lucia, the housekeeper's daughter who spends much of her time reading, meets Giacomo.
Now a courtesan known as Galatea, Lucia is invited to a party at the 18th century Het Huys Ten Donck estate, in Ridderkerk near Rotterdam.
Loosely inspired by Arthur Japin's best-selling novel, In Lucia's Eyes, Michiel Van Erp's A Beautiful Imperfection is based on true events. Lucia, Casanova's first love and betrothed, is played by Dar Zuzovsky; Jonah Andre Hauer-King is Casanova. When Lucia is disfigured by smallpox, she abandons Giacomo for fear of thwarting his ambitious plans for social advancement. Sixteen years later in Amsterdam, she is a courtesan famous for the mysterious veil that hides her face, while he is now a cynical womanizer. Casanova courts her without recognizing her, and a dangerous game of seduction begins between them, pushing Lucia to rediscover herself, at the risk of losing everything.
Shot in evocative locations in Italy – Venice, Vicenza, Padua – the Netherlands, and Belgium, A Beautiful Imperfection is the intimate and modern tale of a strong female figure balanced between sensuality and pragmatism. It is a story that offers an important contribution to the portrayal of an independent woman in a world where everything seems to revolve around appearances.
Locations included historic residences such as Palazzo Papafava dei Carraresi, Villa Roberti, Villa Valmarana in Padua, Villa Fracanzan Piovene in Vicenza, Palazzo Pisani Moretta and Palazzo Pisani Ferri in Venice.
The first frames in Veneto show wedding preparations in full swing at Villa Fracanzan Piovene, designed by the Baroque architect Francesco Muttoni, in Orgiano (Vicenza), south of the Berici Hills. Here, Lucia, the housekeeper's daughter who spends much of her time reading, meets Giacomo.
Now a courtesan known as Galatea, Lucia is invited to a party at the 18th century Het Huys Ten Donck estate, in Ridderkerk near Rotterdam.
Kaap Holland Film, Kino Produzioni
Set in the mid-18th century in Veneto and the Netherlands and based on true events, this is the story of Lucia, Casanova's first love, to whom she was betrothed. When she is irreparably disfigured by smallpox, Lucia abandons Giacomo and disappears, unwilling to ruin his ambitious plans for social advancement. Sixteen years later, Lucia (now a courtesan famed for the mysterious veil that always hides her face) re-encounters Casanova (now a cynical womanizer) in Amsterdam. He courts her without recognizing her, and a dangerous game of seduction begins, one that inspires Lucia to rediscover herself, even at the risk of losing everything she has.
