Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- Belgium, France, Netherlands
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- suicide
- based on novel or book
- nun
- italy
- based on true story
- trial
- lesbian relationship
- torture
- mother superior
- lgbt
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- David Clavel — Giuliano Carlini
- Guilaine Londez — Sister Jacopa
- Gaëlle Jeantet — Sister Petra
- Justine Bachelet — Sister Juliana
- Lauriane Riquet — Sister Roasanna
- Eléna Plonka — Young Benedetta
- Héloïse Bresc — Christina enfant
- Directed
- Paul Verhoeven
- Written
- Paul Verhoeven, David Birke
Production
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 · 1,193 ratings
- Studio
- SBS Productions, Topkapi Films, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Belga Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
