Girl with the Painted Face
Modena, Italy, 1582. Seventeen-year-old seamstress Sofia Genotti is on the run, falsely accused of theft. Penniless and desperate to avoid the perils of whoredom, she is introduced to a troupe of travelling actors, who ask her to join them as costume mistress. Within weeks she is learning to act.
Acting will bring her closer to Beppe Bianchi, who plays the anarchic character Arlecchino. As the two ...
Modena, Italy, 1582. Seventeen-year-old seamstress Sofia Genotti is on the run, falsely accused of theft. Penniless and desperate to avoid the perils of whoredom, she is introduced to a troupe of travelling actors, who ask her to join them as costume mistress. Within weeks she is learning to act.
Acting will bring her closer to Beppe Bianchi, who plays the anarchic character Arlecchino. As the two ...
