Benedetta

Paul Verhoeven20212h 11mPeriod Piece, Drama, Romance

Why we chose it

Paul Verhoeven (“Basic Instinct”) sits on the Jesus Seminar, a circle of historical-Jesus scholars, as its only member with no background in biblical studies. At 82, without a trace of guilt, he made a film about two nuns who fall in love, where faith and desire are locked in a single embrace.

Synopsis

Benedetta Carlini has worked miracles since childhood, and early in the 17th century, with plague sweeping the country, she enters the convent at Pescia, in Tuscany, as a novice. The nuns take in a young woman running from violence at home, and an affair begins between the two of them. What happens next is nothing the convent’s rule ever anticipated.

Information

Director
Cast
Production year
2021
Decade
2020s
Duration
2h 11m
Festivals & Awards
Language
French
Country
France, Netherlands
Subtitles
Greek, Polish
Age rating
18+

Cannes Film Festival

Official Selection

2021

San Sebastian Film Festival

Official Selection

2021

What others say

3.1
230 reviews

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