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The wealthy and beautiful widow Leonarda defies society by refusing remarriage or even the company of men. Yet her feelings change after a few glances shared with a young gallant in church. Her reawakened passion soon leads to a masked affair. In a balancing act of visibility and invisibility, disguise offers the rewards of pleasure without risk. Leonarda’s brilliant transgressions in the service of her desire play out against a carnivalesque Valencian backdrop. In a city transformed, the line between lust and property, liberty and constraint, feels as thin as a veil.