The film, then titled Blessed Virgin marked the producer and the director's second collaboration after Elle. In April 2017, producer Saïd Ben Saïd revealed that the third had been the one chosen as Verhoeven's next project. Virginie Efira as Benedetta Carlini, Lambert Wilson as The Nuncio, Daphne Patakia as Bartolomea, Charlotte Rampling as The Abbess, Olivier Rabourdin, Clotilde Courau, Hervé Pierre, Louise Chevillotte, and Nicolas Gaspar.įollowing the critical and commercial success of Verhoeven's previous film Elle (2016), he went on to develop several projects including one about Jesus based on his own book Jesus of Nazareth, the second project about the French Resistance, and the third one scripted by Jean-Claude Carrière, a medieval story set in a monastery. Benedetta is scheduled to premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or.
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