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Benilde or the Virgin Mother

71% | 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.

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Manoel de Oliveira
Screenplay
Manoel de Oliveira
Editor

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Jorge Rolla
Eduardo, Benilde's cousin
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Varela Silva
Melo Cantos, Benilde's father
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Glória de Matos
Etelvina, Eduardo's mother
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Maria Barroso
Genoveva, the house-keeper

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