Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975)

7.3/10 112 min Drama

Overview

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

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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