Multiple scenes include upper body frontal female nudity, many of which are sexual Vulva only visible slightly in one scene momentarily, as the majority of nudity is limited by angle and lighting A woman is fully nude in front of another woman, makes her touch her labia using her fingers (not visualized), and she quickly flicks her hand away. Benedetta director paul verhoeven slammed critics who called the sex scenes in his new lesbian nun film blasphemy. In 2018, verhoeven’s longtime screenwriting collaborator gerard soeteman, distanced himself from benedetta, criticizing verhoeven for omitting the political themes and focusing too much on sex. The stars of paul verhoeven’s new drama benedetta talk to nick chen about the film’s sex scenes and its surrounding controversies
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