The provocateur returns to competition with this French-language drama, based on a true story about a 17th-century nun who was chastised for her religious visions and lesbian affairs. By Jordan ...

Paul Verhoeven takes us to a nunnery where faith, eroticism and the Black Death make for an unholy good time. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

Inspired by true events and set in the 17th century, Belgian actress Virginie Efira portrays the title character, a nun named Benedetta Carlini. Elena Plonka plays her as a young girl who is sold to a ...

It’s early winter, and that means it’s time for critically-acclaimed European dramas about lesbians in the olden days. Dutch director Paul Verhoeven is fulfilling that quota this year with Benedetta, ...

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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.

Though mostly marketed as “the lesbian nun movie,” Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta is more than just an erotic thriller. SBS Productions Benedetta is inspired by the 1987 non-fiction book Immodest Acts: ...

Paul Verhoeven es un experto en provocar con su cine. Adapta el libro que la historiadora Judith C. Brown escribió en 1987, sobre Sor Benedetta, entre santa y lesbiana, y lo llevó al festival de ...