Jul 09, 2021
131 min
Full-HD

Benedetta (2021)

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.

Category

History Drama Romance

Country

Belgium France Netherlands

Companies

SBS Productions Topkapi Films Pathé France 2 Cinéma France 3 Cinéma Belga Productions

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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