Benedetta
17th-century Tuscany, Italy. The sinister Plague threat looms over Europe. Eight-year-old Benedetta Carlini, a devout novice, is taken to the Theatine Convent of Mother of God, Pescia, as Benedetta, a bride for Jesus Christ. 18 years later, while ominous whispers about disputable miracles scandalise cloistered sister, Benedetta is brought into the Theatine Convent of the Mother of God in Pescia as a bride for Jesus Christ. It will be a difficult test of faith when a bruised, abused and earthly Bartolomea, a young girl fleeing from her abusive father, awaits Benedetta. While Sister Benedetta is under the watchful eye of Felicita the cynical Abbess Felicita glimpses at the forbidden fruit and invite intimacy and ungovernable wants. Then suddenly the holy signs are visible in her body. Few can face guilt head-on and come out of it unscathed. Can sin be overcome when flesh is your enemy? –Nick Riganas
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Hervé Pierre, Lambert Wilson, Louise Chevillotte, Olivier Rabourdin, Virginie Efira
Country: Belgium, France, Netherlands
