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Dec 3, 2021 · Virginie Efira is fearless as Benedetta, who is first introduced as a girl, being essentially sold to a convent run by an abbess played by the great Charlotte Rampling. Even as a child, her body is property, haggled to the convent for the right price.
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Based on a true story, a 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its...
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- Virginie Efira
- Paul Verhoeven
- History, Drama, Biography, LGBTQ+
Jul 9, 2021 · Benedetta is fearlessly portrayed by Belgian actress Virginie Efira, who, after a stint on French variety shows and in a handful of comedies, has proved to be a more serious screen presence in...
Apr 19, 2022 · In Benedetta, master provocateur Paul Verhoeven demolishes the line between the sacred and the profane. The breast becomes holy, a source of nourishment from which religious fervour can stem.
- 2 min
- Clarisse Loughrey
In BENEDETTA, Benedetta Carlini -- who believes she has a direct connection with Mother Mary -- is brought to live in a convent as a girl. Later, as a young woman (Virginie Efira), she has visions of Jesus that cause her to act peculiarly in front of the other nuns.
- Paul Verhoeven
- Jeffrey M. Anderson
- IFC Films
Dec 2, 2021 · By the time she’s 18, Benedetta (now played by the gorgeous Virginie Efira) is experiencing erotic visions of a naked Jesus, as sexless as a Ken doll, instructing her to remove her clothing.
Benedetta is a 2021 biographical psychological drama film co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Virginie Efira as Benedetta Carlini, a nun in the 17th century who joins an Italian convent while a young child and later has a lesbian love affair with another nun, while seeing religious visions.
