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1993: in a country rocked by corruption trials involving government, big business and the Vatican, people in the idyllic small city of Urbino, Raphaels birthplace, appear more concerned with love affairs than politics, their only worry an outbreak of spurious miracles. Then Count Malaspino returns after years away and his support for the restoration of Raphaels La Muta (the mute woman) drives a living mute to an act of violence that triggers ugly rumours. Does this woman know something terrible about Malaspinos past? Did she witness a literally unspeakable crime that could shatter the peace of Urbino? Her continued silence seems to be in everyones interest except that of the gentle art restorer Charlotte Penton - and a television crew fronted by Donna Ricco, who cant shut up to save her life...or anyone elses. There are as many liars as mutes in WAKING RAPHAELl - Charlottes bitter divorce has left her incapable of expressing herself except through painting; her assistant, Paolo, wont confess his infatuation to the glamorous Donna for fear of exposing his dangerous private schemes; Donna, in turn, lies about her feelings for him; Fabios response to his fascist grandfather is to pose mutely as a statue of Raphael. Francesco, the ice-cream maker, knows it is suicide to speak out against Count Malaspino, who has always remained silent about his past - and present - life. But things cannot stay the same. The result is a case which involves Italys foremost investigators of miracles, causes charges to be made to the Italian Committee for Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, turns Urbino into a circus of charlatans and gurus, and requires testimonies from several unlikely witnesses - two of them dead. WAKING RAPHAEL passionately evokes an Italy on the verg...
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