The Doge's Daughter

Enter the dark and deceptive world of Venice in the 1600s. Piero is a young boy from a working-class family who is chosen by the priests of the royal court to be castrated and to sing in their choir. Several years pass. Androgynous and girlish, yet troubled by the grim turn his life has taken, Piero is surprised to be singled out by the adolescent daughter of the Doge (ruler of Venice) for special favors. Headstrong and seductive, Elisabetta wants Piero as her lover and companion, especially after she leaves Venice to marry Prince Michele, a handsome young man whose desires for pleasure go both ways...