DETAILS
Drama
French with English subtitles
127 min.
France, 2021
DISTRIBUTOR
IFC Films
September 22, 2022, 6:30 p.m.
"Sex, power, plague and the Church collide in Verhoeven’s barnburner of a historical drama, based on real events. In 17th-century Tuscany, a sheltered nobleman’s daughter who experiences overpowering visions takes vows to become a nun. Devout and obedient, Benedetta (Virginie Efira) only occasionally brushes up against her abbess’s (Charlotte Rampling) warning that “intelligence can be dangerous.” But when a coarse and carnal novice enters the convent, Benedetta finds herself obsessed, and their relationship quickly grows physical—threatening to destroy everything around them."
DIRECTOR
Paul Verhoeven
PRODUCER
Saïd Ben Saïd
Michel Merkt
Jerome Seydoux
CAST
Virginie Efira
Charlotte Rampling
Lambert Wilson
Daphne Patakia
Olivier Rabourdin
Herve Pierre
