Movie

Benilde or the Virgin Mother

★ 7.3/10 · 14 votes 1975 1h 52m Released

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.

Cast

M Maria Amélia Matta Benilde J Jorge Rolla Eduardo, Benilde's cousin Varela Silva Melo Cantos, Benilde's fat Glória de Matos Etelvina, Eduardo's mother Maria Barroso Genoveva, the house-keeper Augusto de Figueiredo Cristóvão, the priest