Benilde or the Virgin Mother
1975 • 112 minutes
Drama
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.
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