IFC Films has scored an early deal for the North American rights to “Robocop” and “Starship Troopers” helmer Paul Verhoeven’s new erotic nun period thriller “Benedetta”.
The purchase comes ahead of the film’s premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and the movie has drawn interest from a number of distributors.
The project, which marks Verhoeven’s first directorial effort since 2016’s Oscar-nominated “Elle,”follows the story of a young novitiate in 17th century Tuscany who begins an affair with another nun.
Sexuality, religion, and human ambition soon get tangled up in the film based on Judith C. Brown’s non-fiction book “Immodest Acts”.
Virginie Efira Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Herve Pierre, and Charlotte Rampling star. the plan is to launch the film in North America later this year.
Source: Variety
