"This is a very well-written and engaging book that explores issues of religion, sexuality and gender."-Professor Cliff Hubby, New York University delivers a scholarly work that is also a story of tragedy and intrigue."- San Francisco Chronicle Fascinating and highly readable."- The New York Times Book Review "Brown is a wonderful storyteller. "A rare example of the life of a nonaristocratic woman of the period and.a vivid picture of convent life and the Roman Catholic Church during the upheavals of the Counter-Reformation. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The story of the relationship between the two nuns and of Benedetta's fall from an abbess to an outcast is revealed in surprisingly candid archival documents and retold here with a fine sense of drama. During the course of an investigation, church authorities not only found that she had faked her visions and stigmata, but uncovered evidence of a lesbian affair with another nun, Bartolomeo. Benedetta was elected abbess due largely to these visions, but later aroused suspicions by claiming to have had supernatural contacts with Christ. At twenty-three, she began to have visions of both a religious and erotic nature. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community and a record of the life of a religious visionary, it is also the earliest documentation of lesbianism in modern Western history.īorn of well-to-do parents, Benedetta Carlini entered the convent at the age of nine. Brown was an event of major historical importance. IFC Films has set the release date for December 3.The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Some other notable moments from the trailer: hissing snake, dramatic thunder, burning at the stake, hand on bare boob … What more could you ask for? The movie stars Virginie Efira and Daphne Patakia. In this latest teaser, Benedetta is told, “God will speak to you in many tongues if your heart is brave enough to let him in.” Well, sorry to Jesus, but Benedetta’s heart chooses to let in “blasphemous” lesbian romance. I’m his bride, am I not?” But she seems to interpret the terms of her potential marriage with Jesus Christ pretty loosely, as she jumps into an affair with a woman named Barteloma. In an earlier trailer, Benedetta states, “I saw Jesus. Brown, and centers on Benedetta, a 17th-century nun in Italy who experiences disturbing religious and erotic visions.
The movie is based on the book Immodest Acts by historian Judith C. If you’re looking for a based-on-true events, lesbian period drama, look no further than director Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta.
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