State prosecutor Manuela Brito rubbished his court claim he had been 'betrayed' by people he trusted and insisted the Brits were drug mules who used the four cruises they took to South America in two years as a front for their crimes.

As the film's lead character enters - in habit and wimple - the young nun 'slips', causing Benedetta to instinctively reach out, almost touching the novice's naked breast before recoiling in pious shame.