2021 · drama · romance · history
Benedetta (2021)
Directed by Paul Verhoeven2h 11m2021
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.
Our read: Benedetta (2021) (2021) reads as a sombre, steady, inventive drama · romance · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / romance, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- inventive
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