Movie
Benedetta
2021NR2h 11m6.6 / 10
I don't know God's ways, but he works his will through me.
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.
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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Benedetta
Cast
Virginie EfiraSister Benedetta Carlini
Charlotte RamplingSister Felicita
Daphné PatakiaBartolomea
Lambert WilsonNuncio
Olivier RabourdinAlfonso Cecchi
Louise ChevillotteSister Christina
Hervé PierrePaolo Ricordati
Clotilde CourauMidea CarliniCredits
- Directed by
- Paul Verhoeven
- Written by
- Paul Verhoeven, David Birke
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Budget
- $24.4M
- Box office
- $2.7M
Production
SBS ProductionsFrance
Topkapi FilmsNetherlands
PathéFrance
France 2 CinémaFrance
France 3 CinémaFrance
Belga ProductionsBelgium
Themes
17th centurybased on novel or bookbased on true storyconvent (nunnery)flagellationitalylesbian nunlesbian relationship
