actor

Benilde or the Virgin Mother

74 %|Nov 21, 1975|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.

Featured Crew

Manoel de Oliveira
Screenplay
Manoel de Oliveira
Editor
Elso Roque
Director of Photography
José Régio
Writer
Manoel de Oliveira
Director
Maria da Conceição Madureira
Costume Design
Olivier Messiaen
Music
João Diogo
Sound

Cast

actor
Jorge Rolla
Eduardo, Benilde's cousin
actor
Varela Silva
Melo Cantos, Benilde's father
actor
Glória de Matos
Etelvina, Eduardo's mother
actor
Maria Barroso
Genoveva, the house-keeper
actor
Augusto de Figueiredo
Cristóvão, the priest
actor
Jacinto Ramos
Fabrício, the doctor