Posted on 09/26/2021 7:39:49 PM PDT by marshmallow
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 the legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, and religious associations,” Assistant to the Minister of Culture Anna Usacheva explained to gazeta.ru.
The Ministry did not specify to which scene it was referring, but critics of the film note that there are several with nudity and eroticism.
According to dw.com, the head of the Orthodox Forty Forties Movement (referring to the saying that there were 40x40 churches in Moscow before the Bolshevik revolution) Andrei Kormukhin had filed a complaint about the film.
“This film doesn’t correspond to the concept of spiritual and moral values on the territory of the state of Russia, so it naturally shouldn’t be shown. We are not engaged in showing pornography, right? This film is about the same thing,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at orthochristian.com ...
Good for Russia.
I’m with the Russians on this one.
Who ever heard of a lesbian nun?
I wonder how long it will take Hollywood to change to more wholesome fare when both China and Russia don’t want the immorality in their countries.
Putin, please tell that clown from Wyoming trying to hold her seat, the one who claims she is a rhino.
Why didn’t they make a film about a lesbian Muslim in the 17th Century?
Toldya About the Lesbian Nuns in Leavenworth [Ann Barnhardt]
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Russia rocks. Putin is far, far, far superior to Xiden.
Sounds like a porn flick.
Proof Russia is a saner place than the US.
Russia where they try to outlaw God?
and we are a Christian nation... which celebrates that lifestyle!
Is it wrong? Only the Bible says it is...
“ Who ever heard of a lesbian nun? “
Who ever heard of a queer priest?
I’m kind of amazed that I like Putin so much these days. And, of course, I loathe Demented Joe.
The one who did “Dominique”, right?
Lyrics to the Russian National Anthem.
Same music as the Soviet anthem with new lyrics:
Russia is our sacred state,
Russia is our beloved country.
A mighty will, great glory -
Your dignity for all time!
Be glorified, our free Fatherland,
The age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Be glorified, country! We are proud of you!
From the southern seas to the polar edge
Our forests and fields are spread out.
You are the only one in the world! You are the only one -
the native land so kept by God!
Be glorified, our free Fatherland,
The age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Be glorified, country! We are proud of you!
A wide scope for dreams and for life
The coming years open to us.
We are given strength by our fidelity to the Fatherland.
So it was, so it is and it will always be so!
Be glorified, our free Fatherland,
The age-old union of fraternal peoples,
Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!
Be glorified, country! We are proud of you!
(Notice a certain word in the lyrics?)
Speaking of Russia and movies, one of the best movies I’ve seen recently is the Russian movie “Dear Comrades”. I believe it’s available on Amazon Prime Video.
Great. Some sanity.
I never thought I’d see the day when Russia was doing better than us.
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