in this unlikely love triangle and set in 19th century italy and ` the beauty and the beast be be turn upside down and inside out and then some represent giorgio and an army officer and the very image of male beauty and be be transfer away form his ( marry ) lover clara and send to a small garrison somewhere in piemont . there initially much to his horror fosca and the grotesquely ugly cousin of his commander and develop an obsessive love for him . he suffer her passionate and demand display of affection out of pity and concern for her health ( she be gravely ill ) and but become more and more fascinated by her until the dramatic finale do not miss this most unusual love story and as twist a it may sound . valeria dobici and who deservedly win a price for her portrayal of fosca and be as alarming a she be touch . buy the video and read the book and go see the musical .