Benedetta

2021 • 2h 11m •

History Drama Romance

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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.

"I don't know God's ways, but he works his will through me."

Top Billed Cast

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

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2022-04-23

After living in a nunnery in Pescia since her youth, "Benedetta" (Virginie Efira) has visions that lead her to believe that she is speaking directly to Jesus. A somewhat sceptical Mother Superior (Charlotte Rampling) and her fellow nun "Christina" (Louise Cevillotte) have doubts, but those are not shared by an all-too-willing clergy and soon the young woman is the new Abbess. Simultaneously, the nunnery takes in the young "Bartolomea" (Daphne Patakia) from a torrid and violent relationship with her father and the two women become fast friends - with benefits! When the erstwhile Abbess flees to...