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Blessed Virgin
Director: Paul Verhoeven (“Robocop,” “Basic Instinct”)
Cast: Virginie Efira
Details: Never one to shy away from controversy, filmmaker Paul Verhoeven follows up his award-winning “Elle” with another collaboration with producer Said Ben Said which immediately looks riskier than even last year’s darkly comic rape-themed drama. The French-language “Blessed Virgin” has “In Bed with Victoria” star Virginie Efira playing 17th century nun Sister Benedetta Carlini.
Carlini was hailed as a visionary and then later accused of fabricated miracles, homosexuality and other charges, and imprisoned for nearly four decades. Based on historian Judith C Brown’s novel “Immodest Acts” and adapted by Gerard Soeteman (“Black Book”), the blend of religion and erotica should rile some people up even in this day and age when the Church’s influence is ever dwindling.