Inside the making of the lesbian nun thriller 'Benedetta.' - NBCOUT
Directed by Verhoeven, 83, and co-written by him and David Birke, the titillating thriller tells the story of Benedetta Carlini , a 17th century Italian nun who becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian love affair with a novice named Bartolomea — all while claiming to have visions of Jesus that elevate her position as the leader of her convent.
“Since Paul isn’t a big fan of the psychology of the characters, we talked, of course, with him, but we didn’t do much preparation,” Patakia told NBC News in a joint video interview with Efira. “He has a lot of faith in his actors, so we were very much free to do our own interpretation. It was only what I could take from the script and just to be open in the moment and take whatever was happening with Virginie, and the only thing I knew Paul really wanted from me was some lightness.
Regardless of what time period one is in, she added, “it’s more nuanced and more complicated” than just simply “good” vs. “bad.” In the case of Benedetta, Efira said, “she believes that God exists ... but at the same time, I think maybe you can say she did all of that for the room to be alone with Bartolomea.”
Efira said, “There’s a similarity in the way [Benedetta’s] relationship to Bartolomea advances and her relationship with faith advances,” and it happens in three distinct stages. “In the first stage, she feels inferior to God, and there’s this idea of veneration. And then, she meets Bartolomea, and she’s faced with the dilemma of how to put her faith together with her love and desire for Bartolomea,” she said.
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