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Benedetta

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Paul Verhoeven / FR, NL, 2021 / 132 min.

A five-minute standing ovation in Cannes, and mainly rave reviews. Paul Verhoeven’s film of the life story of the nun Benedetta – ‘personal bride of Christ’ and mysticist, sentenced for blasphemy and heresy – is being lauded as an adventurous, intelligent story of religion, power and sex.

poster Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven, FR 2021)
It was Verhoeven’s regular screenwriter Gerard Soeteman who brought the director’s attention to Judith C. Browns book: ‘Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy’ (1986). While carrying out research Florence, the Stanford historian came across an archive from the early 17th century containing the reports on the ‘case of Benedetta Carlini’.

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Scenes from this movie may cause fearThis movie contains scenes of violenceThis movie contains foul languagePersons under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult

Director

Paul Verhoeven

Production year

2021

Country

FR, NL

Original title

Benedetta

Length

132 min.

Language

French

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP

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still Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven, FR 2021)
still Benedetta (Paul Verhoeven, FR 2021)

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