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The Cinematic Inspirations behind BENEDETTA 5 films
In honor of BENEDETTA's digital release, filmmaker Paul Verhoeven shares a handful of the cinematic influences he drew upon for…
Larry Fessenden's Curated IFC Films Unlimited Picks 5 films
Indie horror icon Larry Fessenden (HABIT, THE LAST WINTER, DEPRAVED) shares some of his favorite IFC films currently available on…
Jim Cummings' Curated IFC Films Unlimited Picks 5 films
Jim Cummings, the industrious filmmaker of THUNDER ROAD, THE WOLF OF SNOW HOLLOW and our upcoming THE BETA TEST shares…
Cameron Bailey's Curated IFC Films Unlimited Picks 5 films
With this year's Toronto Int'l Film Festival closing out, Artistic Director Cameron Bailey shares his favorite IFC films currently streaming…
Influences of Bill Benz's THE NOWHERE INN 8 films
Before I started doing anything on this film, Carrie had me watch Nicholas Roeg's "Performance" and Peter Watkins' "Privilege", the…
Natalie Metzger's Curated IFC Films Unlimited Picks 5 films
Producer Natalie Metzger of WEREWOLVES WITHIN, GREENER GRASS and our upcoming THE BETA TEST shares her fave IFC flicks currently…
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Erotic, violent, religiously sinful and absurdist.
The film satirizes religion as a form of power, burning in carnal pleasures, punishment, blasphemy, fervent devotion and dubiousness. The beauty of Benedetta is that it never provides a straightforward answer to all of our questions, leaving it up to us to decide if we believe or not.
Although the entire cast is excellent but it's Virginie Efira's lead performance as the titular Benedetta that keeps this film shining so bright.
This is classic nunsploitation at its finest.
Oh my fucking god! Bless or condemn Paul Verhoeven, BENEDETTA is a wild, sexy, campy & violent assault on religious hypocrisy & ignorance as he unleashes hellish fury & heavenly love with his latest. Funnier than expected with a devoted performance from Virginie Efra that reaches biblical heights of madness. Loved it!
people from this time period wouldn’t have any issues if they knew how to just vibe
Batshit insane. Rides the border of camp so well. Not a single part of this movie is boring. So good.
Jesus works in wild fucking ways. Benedetta delivers all the sex, violence, and satire that you hoped for. A fiery, entertaining tale straight from the more fun bible that unfortunately doesn’t exist.
half the movie: what is faith? what is god? your body is your biggest enemy.
the other half of the movie: with her bosom heaving for christ, she breasted boobily to the nunnery and titted inside
her only crime was being horny and theatrical