Carlo Cecchi

An epic adventure of mystery and obsession unfolds when Charles Morritz (Samuel L. Jackson), an appraiser of rare musical instruments, discovers a one-of-a-kind, red violin at a prestigious Montreal auction house. Convinced he's found an authentic long-lost masterpiece, Morritz uncovers the spectacular journey of the priceless violin, how it changed hands and the lives of all who touched it. When the violin's shocking secret is finally revealed, Morritz must wrestle with his own demons and choose between burying the truth, and risking everything.

Stealing Beauty is the story of a young American girl (Liv Tyler) who travels to Italy to search for her father and to lose her virginity. In no time, Lucy's personal journey into womanhood becomes the talk of the town when three men, who have no idea that they might be Lucy's father, as well as the others in the villa, become fascinated by Lucy's innocence and virginity.

Lucy, a 19-year-old American, visits a villa on an Italian hilltop in Tuscany to try to find out who her father is. Could he be the Italian war correspondent who wrote to her mother for 20 years? The dying English playwright? The artist who makes sculptures out of tree trunks with a chainsaw? Lucy knows is that she may have been conceived on that hilltop. Lucy also hopes to find the Italian boy who kissed her on a visit to Italy four years earlier... and to lose her virginity. The three men have no idea that they might be Lucy's father; they - as well as the others in the villa - are attracted by Lucy's innocence and virginity, which - there being nothing else to talk about - becomes the talk of the town.

A perfect red-colored violin inspires passion, making its way through three centuries over several owners and countries, eventually ending up at an auction where it may find a new owner.