Lesbian nun punishment
Film reviews and more. Paul Verhoeven returns to doing what he does best in this historical drama packed to the rafters with arthouse exploitation. Based on the life of 17th century nun Benedetta Carlini Virginie Efira who enters into a relationship with fellow nun Bartolomea Daphne Patakia , Benedetta has all the religious symbolism, violence and nudity that we have come to expect from the Dutch master. As a child, Benedetta is taken to the Convent of the Mother of God to take orders, stopping briefly to pray to a statue of the Virgin Mary, with whom the young Benedetta claims to be in direct communication.

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Film Review: Benedetta
The Nature of Lesbian History. Should lesbian history and gay male history be separately considered? Male homosexuality and lesbianism are completely unrelated in Chinese eyes, and this seems to be the view of some modern queer historians. Lesbian history is usually presented as an appendage to gay history, which may be inevitable for the premodern period because of the paucity of material available. Simply from practical considerations it is more satisfying to read a study devoted entirely to lesbian history than to intersperse lesbian evidence chronologically with male gay evidence.


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It not only seeks to give us a peek into the corruption in the ranks of the counter-reformists in early 17th century Italy but draws out one archetypal example of a nun who sought to challenge the system with her scandalous lesbian affair with another nun in the same convent. Verhoeven, already quite famous for his exploration and fascination with the human body in his films such as Basic Instinct, comes forward to hold up the naked human body — with its imperfections, beauty, and desires — as a potent symbol of humanity itself. However, this overt emphasis on the body tends to weigh down the narrative, further decreasing our patience to half by appearing directionless and too lost in vague religiosity in the second half. It sloppily walks the tightropes between individual, sexual freedom, and religious constraints but never ends up satisfactorily critiquing the Catholic church, perhaps because it was simultaneously invested in crafting the supernatural spectacle of a nun receiving the stigmata.




Horny nun hides her sexual desires in God's way. Will she burn alive or manage to escape God's punishment? Benedetta Carlini was a young nun from Pescia, Italy, devoted to God with all her heart. She claimed she had visions and even had conversations with him. Thanks to such dialogues, she felt it was okay for her to have a love affair with another nun - Bartholomew.
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