
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.

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.
Manoel de OliveiraDirector
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)