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Benilde or the Virgin Mother

Benilde or the Virgin Mother

Manoel de Oliveira

1975

  • Drama
7.3

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 & crew

  • Manoel de OliveiraDirector
  • Maria Amélia MattaBenilde
  • Jorge RollaEduardo, Benilde's cousin
  • Varela SilvaMelo Cantos, Benilde's father
  • Glória de MatosEtelvina, Eduardo's mother
  • Maria BarrosoGenoveva, the house-keeper
  • Augusto de FigueiredoCristóvão, the priest
  • Jacinto RamosFabrício, the doctor
  • Manoel de OliveiraScreaming Madman (voice)

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