Isabel and Clara are growing up in a time of terror. It is 1492, and Spain has declared that all Jews must either convert to Catholicism, go into exile or face trial and execution. Although forcibily baptized, the sisters are chased through Christendom until they arrive in Venice. It is in this great maritime empire, where opulence rhymes with tolorance, that Isabel organises secret passages for refugees fleeing the Inquisition, while Clara falls in love with a Venetian noble, Paplo 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 married into the same faith that murdered her father...

UK/LUXEMBOURG
Co-production with Delux Productions in Luxembourg.
Shot in Venice, Portugal and Luxembourg.

Cast: Katherine Borowitz, Tara Fitzgerald, John Turturro

Director: Ademir Kenovic
Writer: Dominique Bursztejn, Jean-Francois Goyez
Director of Photography: Vilko Filac
Editor: Robin Sales
Production Designer: Miljen Kreka Kljakovic
Costume Designer: Gabriella Pescucci