Benilde or the Virgin Mother

7.3 1975 112 min
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 B…

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Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Writers
Manoel de Oliveira, José Régio

Cast

The cast behind this title

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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