Benedetta was inspired by an account of the life of Sister Benedetta Carlini, a 17th-century nun who claimed to have had religious visions and was investigated both as a possible faker and for having had a lesbian affair with a fellow nun. Few movies could be more relevant to Verhoeven s interests. In his telling, Benedetta (Viriginie Efira) is more fun as a mystery not quite solved. Like Sharon Stone s Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct, she keeps a straight face when insisting that she s telling the truth, and certain people want to believe her. Did she fake her stigmata with a shard of glass? Did anyone see it? We re back in the realm of Catherine s ice pick.
Review: Benedetta
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Benedetta Review: A Guilty-Pleasure Nunsploitation Movie From the Director of Basic Instinct
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