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Both a mesmerizing thriller and a passionate exploration of the power of truth to effect reconciliation and restore faith.
La Muta, "the mute woman." Amidst a country rocked by scandal and
corruption, inhabitants of the idyllic city of Urbino, Italy, birthplace of
Raphael, are more concerned with a sudden outbreak of miracles than with
politics. But what unspeakable secret lies hidden in Raphael's enigmatic
painting? Its restoration will drive a living mute to a shocking act of
violence and spark an investigation into a nearly forgotten war crime and a
series of events that will shatter the silence gripping this community
forever.
Both a mesmerizing thriller and a passionate exploration of the power of
truth to effect reconciliation and restore faith, Waking Raphael spins a
tantalizing web of silence and lies to recreate an Italy where the romantic
and the violent, the comic and the tragic, are spellbindingly interwoven.
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