| Uniform Title |
Benedetta (Motion picture : 2021) |
| Title |
Benedetta. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, 2021. |
| ©2020 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (131 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| HiGloss Entertainment : HIG087. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in France in 2021. |
| Based on the book Immodest Acts: the Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy by Judith C. Brown. |
| "A film by Paul Verhoeven, award winner, the director of Elle & Basic Instinct" -- Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed byPaul Verhoeven ; screenplay by David Birke and Paul Verhoeven. |
| Performers |
Virginie Efira, Lambert Wilson, Daphne Patakia, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Charlotte Rampling. |
| Summary |
In the late 17th century, with the plague ravaging the land, a young girl named Benedetta Carlini joins a convent in Pescia, Tuscany. Seemingly capable of performing miracles and having visions of Jesus Christ from an early age, Benedetta's impact on the community and convent is immediate and profound, but some question the legitimacy of her claims. With Benedetta's position within the convent ascendant, it is not until the arrival of a new nun, the young and rebellious Bartolomea that her faith is truly questioned. Based on Judith C. Brown's book, Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy, Paul Verhoeven's sophisticated and highly entertaining new film contains everything we have come to expect from the master director. A huge talking point at the 2021Cannes Film Festival, Paul Verhoeven's raucous genre-bending period piece BENEDETTA has quickly become one of the most anticipated films of the year. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : R18+ |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital ; PAL; Region 4 ; 16:9. |
| Language note |
French. Subtitles: English. |
| Subjects |
Brown, Judith C. -- Film adaptations |
| Women in the Catholic Church -- Drama |
| Women -- Sexual behavior -- Drama |
| Lesbianism -- Drama |
| Sex -- Religious aspects -- History -- Drama |
| Lesbians -- Attitudes -- Drama |
| Renaissance -- Italy -- Drama |
| Lesbian nuns -- Italy -- Drama |
| Feature films -- France |
| Motion pictures, French |
| Foreign language films |
| Pescia (Italy) -- History -- 17th century -- Drama |
| Genre |
Historical films |
| Romance films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Verhoeven, Paul, 1938- director, screenwriter. |
| Efira, Virginie, 1977- actor. |
| Wilson, Lambert actor. |
| Patakia, Daphne actor. |
| Rabourdin, Olivier, 1959- actor. |
| Courau, Clotilde actor. |
| Rampling, Charlotte, 1946- actor. |
| Brown, Judith C. Immodest Acts: the Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Brown, Judith C. Immodest Acts: the Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy .
- Courau, Clotilde .
- Efira, Virginie, 1977- .
- Patakia, Daphne .
- Rabourdin, Olivier, 1959- .
- Rampling, Charlotte, 1946- .
- Verhoeven, Paul, 1938- .
- Wilson, Lambert .
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