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  • Russia Bans Film About Lesbian Nun

    09/26/2021 7:39:49 PM PDT · by marshmallow · 21 replies
    Pravoslavie ^ | 9/21/21
    The Russian Ministry of Culture has refused to allow a new French-Dutch drama about a 17th-century lesbian nun to be shown in Russia. Benedetta, co-written and directed by Paul Verhoeven, is loosely based on the 1986 book Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy, about Benedetta Carlini (1591-1661), a Catholic abbess and mystic who was found guilty of having relations with one of her nuns and stripped of her rank and imprisoned. The film is entitled Temptation in Russian. “There is a scene of provocative content in the film, which is regarded as a violation of...