Russia has banned the new Paul Verhoeven film Bendetta. The film, which was scheduled to hit Russian cinemas from October 7, has not received a distribution license from the Ministry of Culture, Russia’s state agency Tass reported on Saturday.
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The new work by 83-year-old Dutch director Paul Verhoeven is about the love between two lesbian nuns. The film premiered in Cannes in early July.
The story of the nuns is said to violate a Russian law because of a certain scene. In the scene in question, a homemade dildo in the shape of a saint is used. That is considered offensive to religious people.
According to critics, it is difficult to get films about homosexuality on the silver screen in Russia anyway. Many film makers therefore already cut the scenes from their work in advance.
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