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- Andrea is an intelligent, handsome young man who seems to have everything necessary to succeed. But the worlds infinite possibilities have only confused him. In this disoriented state, he undertakes the novitiate, a period of spiritual training leading to priesthood. Within the large religious community of novices, Father Superiors and retired priests, Andrea discovers more than a simple world of semi-silence and prayer. The monastery becomes a mysterious universe where every look, every sound, reveals intrigue as the novices are encouraged to denounce one anothers shortcomings. Daily routines, rituals and readings are marked by constant surveillance and questioning, as the novices struggle to lose themselves on behalf of God. Andreas attention turns to the nervous Fausto, obviously tormented and not a strong public speaker. Andrea is also shaken by his encounters with zealous novice Zanna, who rebelliously accuses the novitiate and the Church itself of using Gods Word to gain power and influence. In comparison, Andrea begins to profoundly feel he is merely feigning faith. Despite strong support from the Father Superior, Andrea flounders on his mystical test of absolute faith. As his frustration for solid answers grows, he risks to abandon the Order like others before him
- Building on the potential of his installation in the isle of San Giorgio, Greenaway imagines that Aretino commissioned Veronese to paint The Marriage of Christ. Veronese, more than prepared to shock, began painting a grand wedding banquet. Cardinals returning from the Counter-Reformation Council of Trent arrested Aretino for blasphemy. This forced Veronese to convert his painting into The Wedding at Cana. Tradition says that a liberated Aretino, pleased of his mocking gesture, died laughing.
- Mathematician, physicist, geometer and astronomer, the Italian Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), known as Galileo, challenged established knowledge by advocating a vision of the world based on observation. He challenged the great authorities of his time, refuting Aristotle's theories, which were still the reference at the time, and drew the wrath of some of his colleagues, and then the Catholic Church, which was divided over him. A long controversy then began, during which Galileo alienated his most fervent supporters, such as Pope Urban VIII. Finally condemned for heresy for having defended Copernican heliocentrism against the literal meaning of the Scriptures, Galileo was rehabilitated only in 1992 by Pope John Paul II.
- Monty explores Venice by barge, stepping out to visit green spaces large and small, including gardens along the Grand Canal and in a disused rubbish dump.