

And she's our loving, compassionate mother. She's not God, but she's so wonderful and holy and amazing. Well, you have just crossed the line there, right? Because she's so sacred to us. "Like, for example, say a movie is attacking the mother of God.

So I think if the boycotters ask themselves, 'What is your objective?' If your objective is for nobody to go see that film, then don't boycott it, don't make a public boycott 'cause then everybody's curious who may not have even heard of the film," Burns told Insider. "He wants to provoke and sometimes that helps for ticket sales. Verhoeven later disputed Stone's recollection of the events and described her account as "nonsense" in an interview with Deadline. Last year, in her bestselling memoir, Stone said she had been misled about the direction of the scene by Verhoeven who she said had assured her that her crotch would not be visible on-screen. She added that Hollywood's frequent inclusion of same-sex relationships and nudity in films about nuns is one of her "big beefs about really bad nun movies." Paul, an international convent often referred to as "Media Nuns" due to their frequent appearances across social media, told Insider that she would never "waste her time" watching Verhoeven's film. Sister Helena Burns, who is a member of the Daughters of St. Brown's 1986 book "Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy" - and tells the story of the forbidden sexual relationship between two nuns in a 17th-century convent in Northern Italy. Much of the anger surrounding the film has been fueled by its central plot - which is based on writer Judith C. Various organizations such as the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property have condemned the film as "blasphemous" and "pornographic filth." Members of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property - an organization of lay Catholic Americans - have even turned out in small groups outside of early screenings of the film with banners and placards. When the film opened in the United States, however, it was met with protest. It often indicates a user profile.ĭutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven's latest film "Benedetta" debuted to a five-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival in July. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
