Benilde or the Virgin Mother
21/11/1975
2h



A young girl, Benilde, so protected by her religious family that she seemingly knows nothing about procreation, insists that her mysterious pregnancy is a miracle; however, her distressed bourgeois family decides that Benilde has lost her mind.
Cast
Maria Amélia Matta
Benilde
Jorge Rolla
Eduardo, Benilde's cousin


Varela Silva
Melo Cantos, Benilde's father


Glória de Matos
Etelvina, Eduardo's mother


Maria Barroso
Genoveva, the house-keeper


Augusto de Figueiredo
Cristóvão, the priest


Jacinto Ramos
Fabrício, the doctor


Manoel de Oliveira
Screaming Madman (voice)
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