This review of “Benedetta” first published on July 9, following its screening at Cannes 2021. Some see the whole world in a grain of sand; Paul Verhoeven, with typical abundance, expands that ...

‘Benedetta’ Film Review: Paul Verhoeven Delivers Beauty, Belief and Nun-on-Nun Sex. Ben Croll. Fri, July 9, 2021 at 7:47 PM UTC. 4 min read.

‘Benedetta’ Review: A Guilty-Pleasure Nunsploitation Movie From the Director of ‘Basic Instinct’ Reviewed at Pathé screening room, July 2, 2021. (In Cannes Film Festival — Competition.) ...

Benedetta Carlini (Virginie Efra), a nun in 17th century Italy, receives visions of Jesus Christ and eventually, through political machinations, becomes the abbess of her convent and usurps the ...

Paul Verhoeven's 'Benedetta' tells the true story of a 17th-century nun whose lesbian romance and alleged miracles drew furious controversy. Virginie Efira, Daphne Patakia, and Charlotte Rampling ...

Benedetta, his first film since 2016’s acclaimed thriller Elle, is perhaps the most openly provocative film of 2021, and maybe of Verhoeven’s filmography as well.

Benedetta Review. Benedetta (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Paul Verhoeven and starring Virginie Efira, Daphne Patakia, Charlotte Rampling, Lambert Wilson, Oliver Rabourdin, Herve Pierre ...

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While Verhoeven’s last film, the Paris-set, Isabelle Huppert-starring Elle, was understated and arthouse-y, Benedetta finds the director closer to his Basic Instinct-era erotica comfort zone.The ...

Paul Verhoeven‘s “Benedetta” featured all that and more, leaving its premiere audience at the Cannes Film Festival searching for words to describe the movie they’d just seen. But in the ...

(The film, playing in select theaters, will move to digital platforms on Dec. 21.) The historical event was the investigation, conducted by the Roman Catholic Church, of Sister Benedetta Carlini ...