“‘Lesbian nuns’ is only the half of it,” he tweeted. One particular scene that has set Twittersphere ablaze shows a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary being used as a sex toy.ĭouglas Greenwowe, a contributing editor for i-D, celebrated the film as “blasphemous, sapphic nun f- fest that’s horny, traumatizing, violent and unhinged.”įandango’s Brian Formo added that, even though “Benedetta” might not be one of Verhoeven’s best movies, it is “absolutely” one of his most subversive films. Brown - centers on the steamy relationship between two nuns in 17th century Italy: Benedetta (Virginie Efira), who believes she is possessed by Jesus Christ, and Bartolomea (Daphne Patakia), who recently arrived at the convent. The period drama - loosely based on the 1986 nonfiction book “Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy,” by Judith C.
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