

Benedetta
I don't know God's ways, but he works his will through me.
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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6.6/10
1,221 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $24.4M
- Box office
- $2.7M
- Language
- French
- suicide
- based on novel or book
- nun
- italy
- based on true story
- trial
- lesbian relationship
- torture
- mother superior
- lgbt
- convent (nunnery)
- plague
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Produced in
Belgium, France, Netherlands
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival26 Sept 2021
- Theatrical (limited)NR3 Dec 2021
- Digital / OTTNR21 Dec 2021
- PhysicalNR14 Jun 2022
United KingdomGB
- Premiere18BFI London Film Festival16 Oct 2021
- Theatrical1815 Apr 2022
- Digital / OTT18MUBI1 Jul 2022
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR18+10 Feb 2022
- PremiereMardi Gras Film Festival2 Mar 2022
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical168 Sept 2021
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival11 Dec 2021
- Theatrical1813 Jan 2022
- Digital / OTT1824 Feb 2022
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival9 Jul 2021
- Theatrical129 Jul 2021
- Digital / OTT168 Nov 2021
- Physical12DVD / Blu-ray17 Nov 2021
- TV16Canal+1 Mar 2022
- TV16France 217 Aug 2025
- Digital / OTT12Arte•tv27 May 2026
- TV12Arte27 May 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical162 Dec 2021
- Physical1624 Feb 2022
GreeceGR
- TheatricalΚ-1818 Nov 2021
Hong KongHK
- TheatricalIII9 Sept 2021
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1815 Apr 2022
- Digital / OTTMUBI1 Jul 2022
ItalyIT
- PremiereLongtake Interactive Film Festival 202230 Nov 2022
- Theatrical14+2 Mar 2023
- Physical14+14 Jun 2023
JapanJP
- TheatricalR18+17 Feb 2023
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Benedetta was released on 9 July 2021.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/23/2022
After living in a nunnery in Pescia since her youth, "Benedetta" (Virginie Efira) has visions that lead her to believe that she is speaking directly to Jesus. A somewhat sceptical Mother Superior (Charlotte Rampling) and her fellow nun "Christina" (Louise Cevillotte) have doubts, but those are not shared by an all-too-willing clergy and soon the young woman is the new Abbess. Simultaneously, the nunnery takes in the …
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