Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1975-11-21
Runtime: 112 minutes
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Top Cast
- Maria Amélia Matta as Benilde
- Jorge Rolla as Eduardo, Benilde's cousin
- Varela Silva as Melo Cantos, Benilde's father
- Glória de Matos as Etelvina, Eduardo's mother
- Maria Barroso as Genoveva, the house-keeper
- Augusto de Figueiredo as Cristóvão, the priest
- Jacinto Ramos as Fabrício, the doctor
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