OFFICIAL SELECTION: CANNES FILM FESTIVAL, BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINEE: PALME D'OR, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
NOMINEE: QUEER PALM, CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
In the late 17th century, with the plague ravaging the land, a young girl named Benedetta Carlini joins a convent in Pescia, Tuscany. Seemingly capable of performing miracles and having visions of Jesus Christ from an early age, Benedetta’s impact on the community and convent is immediate and profound, but some question the legitimacy of her claims.
With Benedetta’s position within the convent rising, it is not until the arrival of a new nun, the young and rebellious Bartolomea that her faith is truly questioned. Based on Judith C. Brown’s book, Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy, Paul Verhoeven’s sophisticated and highly entertaining new film contains everything we have come to expect from the master director. A huge talking point at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Paul Verhoeven’s raucous genre-bending period piece BENEDETTA has quickly become one of the most anticipated films of the year.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Year: 2021
Country: France
Language: French
Run Time: 127 min
Rating: R 18+
“Benedetta is a substantial, sophisticated, yet briskly paced and always highly entertaining drama.” - BBC ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
“Nun Stories Are About to Become Your Next Pop-Culture Obsession” - TIME MAGAZINE
“Religion, power, manipulation, miracles and stigmata, truths and falsehoods are all on the ambiguous, intelligent, black humour-filled agenda of Paul Verhoeven’s excellent film……unlikely to leave any viewer unmoved.” - CINEUROPA
“Dangerously provocative, but it’s also a lot of fun.” - Slant
‘A Delicious Satire of Power’ - The New Observer
“Paul Verhoeven’s lesbian nun opus” - Vanity Fair
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