Benedetta (film)

Benedetta
Benedetta
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay by	David Birke; Paul Verhoeven;
Based on	Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy; by Judith C. Brown
Produced by	Saïd Ben Saïd; Michel Merkt; Jérôme Seydoux;
Starring	Virginie Efira; Charlotte Rampling; Daphné Patakia; Lambert Wilson; Olivier Rabourdin; Louise Chevillotte; Hervé Pierre; Clotilde Courau;
Cinematography	Jeanne Lapoirie
Edited by	Job ter Burg
Music by	Anne Dudley
Production; companies	SBS Productions; Pathé; France 2 Cinéma; France 3 Cinéma; Topkapi Films; Belga Productions;
Distributed by	Pathé Distribution (France); Independent Films (Netherlands); Belga Films (Belgium);
Release dates	9 July 2021 (Cannes); 9 July 2021 (France); 8 September 2021 (Belgium); 14 October 2021 (Netherlands);
Running time	132 minutes
Countries	France; Netherlands; Belgium;
Language	French
Budget	€19.8 million; (est. $21.3 million);
Box office	$4.3 million

Benedetta is a 2021 biographical psychological drama film co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven, starring Virginie Efira as Benedetta Carlini, a nun in the 17th century who joins an Italian convent while a young child and later has a lesbian love affair with another nun, while seeing religious visions.^[4]^[5]

The film is loosely based on the 1985 non-fiction book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown.^[6] Its production included most of the key crew members from Verhoeven's previous film Elle (which also co-starred Efira), such as producer Saïd Ben Saïd, writer David Birke, composer Anne Dudley and editor Job ter Burg.

The film premiered in competition for the Palme d'Or at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on 9 July 2021.

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^ Collinson, Gary (7 May 2018). "Charlotte Rampling joins Paul Verhoeven's religious erotic thriller Blessed Virgin". Flickering Myth.
^ Brown, Judith C. (1985). Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy (1st ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1950-3675-6.