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.
Acting
Virginie Efira commits fully—holy possession and unholy thirst.
Direction
Verhoeven at 83: still trolling Catholics with zero restraint.
Costume
Those habits conceal and reveal with equal precision.
Director
Paul Verhoeven
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real 17th-century nun Benedetta Carlini, whose story was buried in Vatican archives for centuries.
Verhoeven called it his 'lesbian nun movie' and fought the NC-17 rating—insisting the sex was 'necessary to the story of oppression.'
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