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Benedetta
Directed by
Paul Verhoeven
Not Rated
2021
2h 11m
Biography
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Drama
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6.7
84%
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A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
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Cast of Benedetta
Virginie Efira
Sister Benedetta Carlini
Charlotte Rampling
Sister Felicita
Daphné Patakia
Bartolomea
Lambert Wilson
Nuncio
Olivier Rabourdin
Alfonso Cecchi
Louise Chevillotte
Sister Christina
Hervé Pierre
Paolo Ricordati
Clotilde Courau
Midea Carlini
David Clavel
Giuliano Carlini
Guilaine Londez
Sister Jacopa
Gaëlle Jeantet
Sister Petra
Justine Bachelet
Sister Juliana
Lauriane Riquet
Sister Roasanna
Eléna Plonka
Young Benedetta
Héloïse Bresc
Christina enfant
Jonathan Couzinié
Jésus-Christ
Vinciane Millereau
Doctor
Jérôme Chappatte
Secretary
Ewan Ribard
Executioner
Nicolas Béguinot
Writer
Satya Dusaugey
Mercenary Dragon
Nicolas Gaspar
Captain of the Mercenaries
Benjamin Penemaria
Captain of Soldiers
Antoine Lelandais
Lieutenant
Frédéric Sauzay
Shepherd
Sophie Breyer
Novice
Célia Kaci
Young Novice
Alexia Chardard
Sister Giulia
Sébastien Chabane
Passerby
Boris Gillot
Merchant
Léa Lopez
Teenager from Pescia #1
Olga Milshtein
Teenager from Pescia #2
Pascal Le Corre
Flagellant
Raphaël Potier
Plague Victim
Philippe Saunier
Resident of Pescia
Fabrice Cals
City Resident
Quentin D'Hainaut
Villager (uncredited)
Benedetta Ratings & Reviews
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Amy Nicholson
A very fun, very naked, very blasphemous movie.
Autostraddle
Drew Gregory
If you go into Benedetta wanting sacrilege, you will technically find it. But if you're queer, sacrilege is nothing new.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
...a bawdy, pot-stirring satire of religious chastity...
The Reveal (Substack)
Scott Tobias
The film is a juvenile delight, flush with steamy erotic energy, mystic visions, unexplained stigmata and frightening vocal possession, and thrashing ecstasies of pain and pleasure.
Chicago Reader
Cody Corrall
The film is a biting examination of Catholicism with a sly sense of humor.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
I'm not sure it all works, but there's so much of it to consider and unpack and quite simply enjoy that it's impossible to ignore.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
Verhoeven brings more vitality to his work than many filmmakers half his age, and his screenplay (with David Birke) is a tasteless hoot, gleefully cramming the frame with blood, fornication and flagellations galore.
Austin Chronicle
Jenny Nulf
Verhoeven's surprising restraint is what presents Benedetta as one of his best.
The Ringer
Adam Nayman
Verhoeven does, mixing lurid, cynical exploitation with fluid storytelling and the principled irreverence of a satirist whose art always punches up against institutional dogma and scores a knockout.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
This is a significant addition to the Verhoeven canon, meaning it's elegantly crafted, formidably well performed and as fascinating as it is lurid.
BuzzFeed News
Shannon Keating
Will Benedetta's personal relationship with God spare their Tuscan town from mass death, or will her forbidden sapphism be both her and the village's demise? You're going to want to find out - trust me.
Crooked Marquee
Jason Bailey
A truly strange brew, coupling probing, thoughtful questions of faith and religion with the kind of sexual ribaldry and scatological humor you'd expect from a picture that's already being shorthanded as "the lesbian nun movie."
AV Club
Katie Rife
Verhoeven embraces the coarse earthiness of Renaissance peasant culture in Benedetta.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
At the ripe age of 83, Dutch boundary pusher Paul Verhoeven is still pushing boundaries, even if at this point they're only of good taste.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
As Benedetta lurches on, it's hard not to feel like the director is losing track of all the balls he's tossed in the air.
Mashable
Kristy Puchko
Paul Verhoeven brings exquisite artistry to this stranger-than-fiction tale, delivering a biopic full of outrageous moments with a sophisticated yet wicked wit.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
Does it all work? Not entirely, since it gets unruly and goofy. Still, it's searing entertainment...
4Columns
Melissa Anderson
A lot but not quite enough, Benedetta has the odd distinction of being both OTT and underwhelming...While some zealots may find Verhoeven's latest to be irreligious, for many others, it simply preaches to the choir.
Los Angeles Times
Justin Chang
It takes a particular deftness for a movie to wear its intelligence and its irreverence so lightly. You might even call it grace.
Associated Press
Mark Kennedy
It takes a particular kind of chutzpah in 2021 for an elderly man to make a movie purporting to champion female liberation in a rigid male hierarchy by showing exclusive female nudity and same-sex dry humping. The only blessing here is when it's over.
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