A Beautiful Imperfection tells the empowering story of Lucia, Giacomo Casanova's only great love, who leaves Italy for Amsterdam after her face has been disfigured by smallpox Sixteen years later, they meet again when she has reinvented herself as a veiled courtesan now known by the name of Galathee. Without revealing her true identity or showing her face, Lucia and Giacomo become lovers once again.