Benedetta

Benedetta

★ 6.6IMDb Score
Released:2021-07-09
Duration:131 min
Director:Paul Verhoeven
Actors:Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphné Patakia, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin
Production:SBS Productions, Topkapi Films, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Belga Productions

Overview:

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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