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Name: Benedetta
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Genre: drama, history, romance
Released: 2021
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Rating: 6.7

Benedetta has an iRankMovies score of 73/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Benedetta (2021)

I don't know God's ways, but he works his will through me.

Release:2021

Runtime:2h 11m

Country:Belgium

Director:Paul Verhoeven

Language:French

Genre

DramaHistoryRomance

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Keywords

SuicideBased On Novel Or BookNunItalyBased On True StoryTrialLesbian RelationshipTorture

iRank73

Benedetta rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.7/10· 29K votes

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic75%

TMDb6.6/10· 1K votes

With 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 75/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Benedetta

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.

Cast of Benedetta

Virginie Efira
as Sister Benedetta Carlini
Charlotte Rampling
as Sister Felicita
Daphné Patakia
as Bartolomea
Lambert Wilson
as Nuncio
Olivier Rabourdin
as Alfonso Cecchi
Louise Chevillotte
as Sister Christina
Hervé Pierre
as Paolo Ricordati
Clotilde Courau
as Midea Carlini
David Clavel
as Giuliano Carlini
Guilaine Londez
as Sister Jacopa
Gaëlle Jeantet
as Sister Petra
Justine Bachelet
as Sister Juliana

Benedetta facts

Budget: $24.4M
Box office: $2.7M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Paul Verhoeven adapts seventeenth century convent narrative with provocative vision
•Drama-history-romance genre blend explores flagellation and forbidden desire themes
•True story source material grounds artistic interpretation with historical significance

What the audience disliked

•Nunnery setting combined with controversial content may alienate general audiences
•Provocative approach to religious subject matter risks sensationalism over substantive exploration