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On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.


“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.

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
Benedetta is a history, drama, romance film released in 2021 exploring themes of suicide, based on novel or book, nun, italy, based on true story, trial. Directed by Paul Verhoeven, it stars Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphné Patakia. 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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