Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975)
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.
Benilde or the Virgin MotherDrama
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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