Title: Benedetta Year: 2021 Starring: Virginie Efira, Daphne Patakia Director: Paul Verhoeven Synopsis: In the late 17th century, with plague ravaging the land, Benedetta Carlini joins the convent in Pescia, Tuscany, as a novice. Capable from an early age of performing miracles, Benedetta’s impact on life in the community is immediate and momentous. - Via Letterboxd.com Lilith's Notes: Based on the true story of Abbess Benedetta Carlini "A pure soul requires a pure body" This movie... This movie has been, for me, for over a year, forbidden fruit. Between the pandemic and my being in Canada, and just general timing, things never lined up and I was unable to see this film until it came to streaming and rental. Much like the nuns in the town of Pescia who were also under threat of a plague, I waited, cloistered in my home for the moment where I too would be able to sample the divine sights of Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta. At the tender age of eight, Benedetta Carlin...