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Benedetta (2021)

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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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Cast & Crew

Director
Paul Verhoeven
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    Sister Benedetta Carlini Virginie Efira
  • Profile picture of Charlotte Rampling
    Sister Felicita Charlotte Rampling
  • Profile picture of Daphné Patakia
    Bartolomea Daphné Patakia
  • Profile picture of Lambert Wilson
    Nuncio Lambert Wilson
  • Profile picture of Olivier Rabourdin
    Alfonso Cecchi Olivier Rabourdin
  • Profile picture of Louise Chevillotte
    Sister Christina Louise Chevillotte
  • Profile picture of Hervé Pierre
    Paolo Ricordati Hervé Pierre
  • Profile picture of Clotilde Courau
    Midea Carlini Clotilde Courau

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  • trial
  • lesbian relationship
  • torture
  • mother superior
  • lgbt
  • convent (nunnery)
  • plague
  • nunsploitation
  • 17th century
  • flagellation
  • peep hole
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