Une nonne du XVIIe siècle en Italie souffre de visions religieuses et érotiques troublantes. Assistée par une compagne, la relation entre les deux femmes se transforme en une histoire d'amou... Tout lireUne nonne du XVIIe siècle en Italie souffre de visions religieuses et érotiques troublantes. Assistée par une compagne, la relation entre les deux femmes se transforme en une histoire d'amour romantique.Une nonne du XVIIe siècle en Italie souffre de visions religieuses et érotiques troublantes. Assistée par une compagne, la relation entre les deux femmes se transforme en une histoire d'amour romantique.
- Récompenses
- 3 victoires et 21 nominations
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesProduction ended November 2018, and the film was initially scheduled for release at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019, but in December 2018, director Paul Verhoeven had to undergo surgery for a hip injury suffered due to the set's location, which involved lots of hills and climbing. Post-production in Amsterdam had to be delayed until June 2019 to allow time for him to recover from his surgery. However, subsequent complications from pain medication caused an intestinal obstruction that ended in a life-threatening colon perforation; fortunately, Verhoeven's wife urged him to go to the hospital in time. Verhoeven and producer Saïd Ben Saïd agreed to delay the release to 2020 in order for Verhoeven to recover, and be fully present during the post-production process. Verhoeven still credits his editor Job ter Burg for finishing much of the film on his own while he himself was recovering and unable to attend. Eventually, the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic caused the movie to be delayed for another year.
- GaffesAfter the nuncio has demonstrated the pear of anguish, it is nearly closed again, but when he hands it to the torturer it is suddenly opened.
- Citations
Benedetta: Pride is a sin.
Soeur Jacopa: We're all entitled to a sin. What's yours?
- ConnexionsFeatured in Javo & Temoc: Top 10 Películas: Lo "mejor" del año (2022)
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Verhoeven's impassioned take on a 17th Century Nun
Sex and violence are par for the course for a Paul Verhoeven film, but, one rarely expects it in such copious amounts in a film based on a true story account of a 17th century Catholic nun, Benedetta Carlini. The key word is 'based' for Verhoeven and co-writer David Birke have freely adapted Judith Brown's non-fiction book.
Set in Tuscany, Benedetta is a tale of a young Italian woman (the movie is in French) who claimed to have had vivid visions of Jesus from an early age. Once in a Convent in Pescia, Benedetta (played as an adult by a stout Virginie Efira) rises to the rank of Abbess much to the dismay of the former Mother Superior, Felicita (an excellent Charlotte Rampling). Her manifestations continue and become more graphic even reaching the point of stigmata and speaking in tongues. A rumored affair with a fellow nun, Bartolomea (a mischievous Daphné Patakia) brings suspicion, scorn and charges of heresy in the form of Alfonso (Lambert Wilson; relishing his evil side) who comes from Florence to prosecute the case. The plague is raging and Verhoeven's film boils into a bloodier, sexier take on Ken Russell's THE DEVILS. Something of a MARK OF THE DEVIL for the Cannes crowd.
And yet, Verhoeven has created a work of subversive, yet profound, religiousness. Benedetta's devotion to the lord is never in doubt Her fervor, inspired and deeply felt even when not in keeping with the letter of scripture. Only a filmmaker as fervid as his subject could create at once something so sacrilegious while also remaining true to the essence of the character. There is no question that Verhoeven can never be accused of having good taste (and there are times here where if he pulled back even a little, it would have only improved the work), but, sometimes that seeming contradiction is what can create such stirring art. BENEDETTA is a direct challenge to believers and non-believers alike.
Set in Tuscany, Benedetta is a tale of a young Italian woman (the movie is in French) who claimed to have had vivid visions of Jesus from an early age. Once in a Convent in Pescia, Benedetta (played as an adult by a stout Virginie Efira) rises to the rank of Abbess much to the dismay of the former Mother Superior, Felicita (an excellent Charlotte Rampling). Her manifestations continue and become more graphic even reaching the point of stigmata and speaking in tongues. A rumored affair with a fellow nun, Bartolomea (a mischievous Daphné Patakia) brings suspicion, scorn and charges of heresy in the form of Alfonso (Lambert Wilson; relishing his evil side) who comes from Florence to prosecute the case. The plague is raging and Verhoeven's film boils into a bloodier, sexier take on Ken Russell's THE DEVILS. Something of a MARK OF THE DEVIL for the Cannes crowd.
And yet, Verhoeven has created a work of subversive, yet profound, religiousness. Benedetta's devotion to the lord is never in doubt Her fervor, inspired and deeply felt even when not in keeping with the letter of scripture. Only a filmmaker as fervid as his subject could create at once something so sacrilegious while also remaining true to the essence of the character. There is no question that Verhoeven can never be accused of having good taste (and there are times here where if he pulled back even a little, it would have only improved the work), but, sometimes that seeming contradiction is what can create such stirring art. BENEDETTA is a direct challenge to believers and non-believers alike.
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- gortx
- 29 déc. 2021
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Détails
- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
- Sites officiels
- Langues
- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Sainte Vierge
- Lieux de tournage
- abbaye cistercienne, Le Thoronet, Var, France(convent interiors)
- Sociétés de production
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Box-office
- Budget
- 24 350 000 $US (estimé)
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 354 481 $US
- Week-end de sortie aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 136 839 $US
- 5 déc. 2021
- Montant brut mondial
- 4 265 353 $US
- Durée2 heures 11 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.39 : 1
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