Verhoeven to shoot Renaissance lesbian nun pic in Tuscany

(ANSA) - Florence, May 31 - Basic Instinct, Total Recall, Showgirls, Starship Troopers and Robocop director Paul Verhoeven will shoot his new film about a 17th-century Italian lesbian nun in Tuscany this summer, sources said Thursday.
    The film, 'Benedetta', is based on Judith C. Brown's essay Immodest Acts - The Life Of A Lesbian Nun In Renaissance Italy.
    Mystic nun Benedetta Carlini, who lived in a convent at Pescia, will be played by Belgian actress Virginie Efira.
    The shoot will take place in Montepulciano and San Quirico D'Orcia between the end of July and the start of August, sources said.