Benedetta

Benedetta

I don't know God's ways, but he works his will through me.

2021131 min6.6 / 10

A provocative historical drama that intertwines forbidden desire, religious ecstasy, and institutional power within a 17th-century convent, where a nun's visions and lesbian affair challenge Church authority.

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.

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