  We present an observation of XMM-Newton that unambiguously reveals the
``Seyfert 2'' nature of the Broad Line Radio Galaxy 3C 445. For the first time
the soft excess of this source has been resolved. It consists of unobscured
scattered continuum flux and emission lines, likely produced in a warm
photoionized gas near the pole of an obscuring torus. The presence of
circumnuclear (likely stratified) matter is supported by the complex
obscuration of the nuclear region. Seventy percent of the nuclear radiation
(first component) is indeed obscured by a column density ~4*10^{23} cm^{-2},
and 30 % (second component) is filtered by ~7* 10^{22} cm^{-2}. The first
component is nuclear radiation directly observed by transmission through the
thicker regions. The second one is of more uncertain nature. If the observer
has a deep view into the nucleus but near the edge of the torus, it could be
light scattered by the inner wall of the torus and/or by photoionized gas
within the Broad Line Region observed through the thinner rim of the
circumnuclear matter.
