Benilde or the Virgin Mother

1h 52m
Drama
7.2

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
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

Crew

Manoel de Oliveira
Director, Screenplay, Editor
José Régio
Writer
Elso Roque
Director of Photography
António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Producer
Maria da Conceição Madureira
Costume Design
João Diogo
Sound
João Paes
Original Music Composer
Olivier Messiaen
Music

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