Silly, serious and sexually unhinged, Paul Verhoeven’s latest film is a nunsploitation flick for the ages
, movie history groans under the weight of films pricking the sacred with the profane – and into this ignoble tradition steps Paul Verhoeven withLoosely based on the exploits of a real historical figure, Verhoeven’s follow-up to the acclaimedis the tale of a 17th-century Italian nun who experiences a series of disturbing and erotically-charged visions.
But that’s not to say the film isn’t thematically rich. The story unfolds as the plague is ripping through Italy, and miracles are in short supply. Verhoeven plays off the secular and religious elements of his film with typical mordant wit, acknowledging our innate need to make meaning of the events that shape our lives.
Charlotte Rampling gets a juicy supporting turn as Abbess Felicita, a worldly figure whose religious convictions are up for debate The Abbess grows to distrust and eventually despise Benedetta for her visions, which have some pretty devastating real-world consequences. But later, she comes to see her as a symptom of the ways in which the church is bound up with money and power, and specifically male power.
makes us think about the role that nunneries might have played in medieval society, as a sanctuary from a world that held women in contempt, and a place of work granting them a measure of agency. As for Benedetta, it’s telling that Verhoeven, like the Abbess, refuses to condemn her for her zealotry. Her claims on martyrdom, however questionable, at least seem to be sincerely held – which is more than can be said for the men who hold the reins of power. And in that sense, maybe she is doing the Lord’s work after all.
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