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Benilde or the Virgin Mother

7.2 112 mins Drama   1975
Tobis Portuguesa   Centro Português de Cinema (CPC)  
Director(s): Manoel de Oliveira

Release Date: 21 Fri, Nov 1975

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.

Casts of Benilde or the Virgin Mother

Jorge Rolla

as Eduardo, Benilde's cousin

Varela Silva

as Melo Cantos, Benilde's father

Glória de Matos

as Etelvina, Eduardo's mother

Maria Barroso

as Genoveva, the house-keeper

Augusto de Figueiredo

as Cristóvão, the priest

Jacinto Ramos

as Fabrício, the doctor

Manoel de Oliveira

as Screaming Madman (voice)

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