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Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975)
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Drama · 1h 52m
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
M
Maria Amélia Matta
Benilde
J
Jorge Rolla
Eduardo, Benilde's cousin
Varela Silva
Melo Cantos, Benilde's father
Glória de Matos
Etelvina, Eduardo's mother
Maria Barroso
Genoveva, the house-keeper
Augusto de Figueiredo
Cristóvão, the priest
Jacinto Ramos
Fabrício, the doctor
Manoel de Oliveira
Screaming Madman (voice)
Crew
- Director
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Screenplay
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Writer
- José Régio
- Director of Photography
- Elso Roque
- Original Music Composer
- João Paes
- Editor
- Manoel de Oliveira
- Producer
- António-Pedro Vasconcelos
Details
- Original title
- Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe
- Release date
- 1975-11-21
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Portugal
- Production
- Tobis Portuguesa, Centro Português de Cinema (CPC)