By playing with taboos and audience expectations, cult film director Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta has become one of the most lusted after and talked about films of the year — an elusive film comprised of hallucinations of Jesus, Virgin Mary statues turned sex toys and torture. Starring across from Virginie Efira, Daphne Patakia portrays Benedetta’s love interest, the naive and compulsive lesbian nun Bartolomea. The Greek actress speaks to Schön! about on set dynamics, the importance of complex female characters and the new year.  Hello Daphne! How was your year? Great, because we shot Benedetta three years ago and finally 2021 was the year it came out. It was supposed to screen at Cannes in 2019, but Paul Verhoeven had some health issues, so it was postponed. The producer said we’re going to wait for 2020, then they called me to say the film has been taken by Cannes and we were all celebrating, then COVID happened. Then they decided to wait for the next year. How was Cannes? I’ve been before, but this was the first time I was in competition. It was great. I remember the red carpet, everybody was shouting, and I was terrified. I looked at Paul … Continue reading interview | daphne patakia