 1943, Italy, the Venetian countryside. The country is in turmoil as Mussolini s government is losing power and Hitler s invasion is imminent. Terrified soldiers are fleeing their posts rather than fight for a regime in which they no longer believe. On an isolated farmhouse a young couple s marriage is breaking down as two deserters arrive. A romantic drama unfolds as the younger soldier starts an affair with the wife, whilst the other awakens a newly-found passion in the husband. In a time before homosexuality is tolerated, can their love survive? Or will the narrow-minded fanaticism of the Nazis, the Fascists and the Catholic Church tear them apart? Based on real events and revealing the truth of the Gay Holocaust, "Venetian Heat" is a riveting story of passion and love versus bigotry and hate.