Benilde or the Virgin Mother
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.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
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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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Nov 21, 1975
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studios
- Tobis Portuguesa, Centro Português de Cinema (CPC)
- Director
- Manoel de Oliveira