Paris Memories, 2023. Directed by Alice Winocour. Starring Virginie Efira, Benoît Magimel, Grégoire Colin, Amadou Mbow, and Maya Sansa. SYNOPSIS: A Parisian tries to make sense of her fractured memories in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. By retracting the steps that led up to the event, she begins to piece together what happened and […]
UK trailer for Alice Winocour’s Paris Memories starring Virginie Efira
Alice Winocour’s (Augustine, Disorder, Proxima) moving drama of memory and loss, Paris Memories is released in the UK this August by Picturehouse Entertainment. The poignant drama stars Virginie Efira (Benedetta, Elle) as Mia, someone trying to rebuild her life in the aftermath of a violent attack. Inspired by the filmmaker’s memories of the 2015 attack on Paris’s […]
Movie Review – Benedetta (2021)
Benedetta, 2021. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Virginie Efira, Daphne Patakia, Charlotte Rampling and Lambert Wilson. SYNOPSIS: A nun at an Italian convent believes she experiences visions of Jesus Christ himself, and pursues a romantic relationship with another woman. When you watch a movie by Paul Verhoeven, you know you’re not in for an easy […]
Movie Review – Benedetta (2021)
Benedetta, 2021. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Starring Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson, Olivier Rabourdin, Louise Chevillotte Hervé, Pierre Clotilde Courau, David Clavel, Guilaine Londez, Gaëlle Jantet, Justine Bachelet, Lauriane Riquet, Eléna Plonka, Héloïse Bresc, and Jonathan Couzinié. SYNOPSIS: A 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is […]
Paul Verhoeven’s erotic nun drama Benedetta gets a new UK trailer
Ahead of its UK release this April, MUBI has shared a new trailer for Paul Verhoeven’s (Basic Instinct, Elle) latest, the erotic drama Benedetta. Based on Judith C. Brown’s non-fiction book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy, the film stars Virginie Efira as a 17th century nun who suffers from […]
Paul Verhoeven returns with trailer for erotic nun drama Benedetta
Pathe has released a poster and trailer for director Paul Verhoeven’s religious erotic drama Benedetta. Based on Judith C. Brown’s non-fiction book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy, the film marks Verhoeven’s first since 2016’s Elle and follows a nun in 17th century Italy as she suffers from disturbing and […]
First image from Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta
Pathe Films and SBS Productions have unveiled a first look image from Benedetta, the latest film from Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers), which features Elle actress Virginie Efira as 17th century nun Sister Benedetta Carlini. Formerly titled Blessed Virgin, the film is based upon historian Judith C. Brown’s 1986 book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian […]
Movie Review – Up For Love (2016)
Up For Love, 2016. Directed by Laurent Tirard. Starring Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cedric Kahn and Stephanie Papanian. SYNOPSIS: Successful lawyer Diane (Virginie Efira) is in the midst of breaking up with husband Bruno (Cedric Kahn) but it’s complicated by their being business partners. After an angry dinner together, she storms out of the restaurant but […]
