Virgine Efira stars in the 2019 Cannes Film Festival competition film Sibyl. She also plays a 17th century lesbian nun in Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta. Much was made of there only being four women directors in the Cannes competition this year and three of the films were awarded prizes from what might be considered a left-of- field jury. Celine Sciamma took out the screenplay award for her widely appreciated Portrait of a Lady on Fire (a slow-moving art film literally about art, as well as a lesbian affair), Atlantique, the first competition film by a black woman filmmaker, …