Some people are sure to find it all rather offensive, and the movie’s prospects at the U.S. That doesn’t mean, however, that the film won’t infuriate certain viewers, or perhaps a bunch of them, with its scenes of full-frontal nudity and eroticism, most of them involving women. Benedetta, with its twisted take on the Catholic faith and the powers-that-be who reigned over it in Renaissance Italy, is no exception to the rule. It may all seem a bit ludicrous and it’s definitely way over-the-top, but Verhoeven’s movies have always bordered on camp because they tend to function as satires, tackling such thorny issues as American hegemony ( Starship Troopers), colonization ( Total Recall) and the police state ( RoboCop). Inspired by the life of Benedetta Carlini, a 17 th century Italian nun who claimed she had visions of Jesus, was chastised for being a lesbian, and then managed to shrewdly obtain saint status in her Tuscan city of Pescia, the story has all the elements of a vintage Verhoeven brew: sex, violence, betrayals, moral ambiguity, religious hypocrisy - and, of course, a Virgin Mary statue that’s transformed into a dildo. Cannes: Malaysian Genre Mash-Up 'Tiger Stripes' Wins 2023 Critics' Week
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