Benedetta

[Machine Translation] Cannes International Film Festival is in an uproar! Paul Verhoeven's latest provocative depiction of violence, sex, and church deception! --17th century Italy. Benedetta, who was believed to be a girl who communicated with the Virgin Mary and performed miracles from an early age, entered a convent at the age of six. One day, Benedetta, who has come of age with a pure and innocent heart, helps a young woman who has escaped from the convent. Their secret relationship deepens as their feelings become intertwined, but there is a ripple effect when Benedetta receives the sacrament, is considered married to Jesus, and becomes the new abbess of the monastery. Benedetta is revered as a saint by the people and gains power, but an unbearable tragedy befalls the nuns who look at her with suspicion and jealousy. Then, the plague epidemic coincides with the visit of the papal ambassador who denounces Benedetta, and the whole town is about to be plunged into further turmoil and uproar...

*Rated 18-and-over.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage

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カンヌ国際映画祭騒然! 暴力と、セックスと、教会の欺瞞を挑発的に描く ポール・ヴァーホーベン監督最新作! ――17世紀イタリア。幼い頃から聖母マリアと対話し奇蹟を起こす少女とされていたベネデッタは6歳で修道院に入る。純粋無垢なまま成人したベネデッタは、ある日修道院に逃げ込んできた若い女性を助ける。様々な心情が絡み合い2人は秘密の関係を深めるが、同時期にベネデッタが聖痕を受け、イエスに娶られたとみなされ新しい修道院長に就任したことで周囲に波紋が広がる。民衆には聖女と崇められ権力を手にしたベネデッタだったが、彼女に疑惑と嫉妬の目を向けた修道女の身に耐えがたい悲劇が起こる。そして、ペスト流行にベネデッタを糾弾する教皇大使の来訪が重なり、町全体に更なる混乱と騒動が降りかかろうとしていた・・・。

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