Film · 1975
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
Directed by Manoel de OliveiraMaria Amélia MattaJorge RollaVarela Silva
21 Nov 1975Released
1h 52mRunning time
The story
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
BenildeJorge 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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