Benedetta
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 core.
- Released: 2021-07-09
- Runtime: 127 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History, Romance
- Stars: Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Louise Chevillotte, Hervé Pierre, Guilaine Londez, Alexia Chardard, Quentin D'Hainaut, Jonathan Couzinié, Satya Dusaugey, Antoine Lelandais, David Clavel, Nicolas Gaspar, Gaëlle Jantet, Justine Bachelet, Lauriane Riquet, Eléna Plonka, Héloïse Bresc, Vinciane Millereau, Jérôme Chappatte, Ewan Ribard, Nicolas Béguinot, Pedro Radicic, Benjamin Penemaria, Frédéric Sauzay, Sophie Breyer, Célia Kaci, Alexia Chardard, Sébastien Chabane, Boris Gillot, Léa Lopez, Olga Milshtein, Pascal Le Corre, Raphaël Potier, Philippe Saunier, Fabrice Cals, Gaëlle Jeantet
- Director: Paul Verhoeven
Comments
- OMTR - 30 September 2022
Are the ways of the Lord inscrutable?
Paul Verhoeven recounts the life of Benedetta Carlini, a novice nun in 17th-century Tuscany who we wondered if she was a saint or a sinner, with a subtlety that leaves room for doubt in this biographical psychological drama, thanks to the exceptional performance of Virginie Efira, who sublimates herself with the insight and depth she brings to her role.
Corruption, hypocrisy, manipulations, perverse games and plague ignite the convent of the city of Pescia, when Sister Benedetta, who has become an abbess, indulges in Sapphic pleasures with Sister Bartolomea.
However, it is his religious visions that shake the Church to its very core.
