Benilde or the Virgin Mother

Benilde or the Virgin Mother
1975Drama112 mins

Plot

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 decid... read more

  • Manoel de Oliveira

    Director

  • Manoel de Oliveira

    Screenplay

  • José Régio

    Writer

  • Elso Roque

    Director of Photography

  • Manoel de Oliveira

    Editor

  • Maria Amélia Matta

    Benilde

  • 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

  • Runtime

    112 minutes

    Released

    1975-11-21

    Languages

    Português

    Countries

    Portugal

    Studios

    Tobis Portuguesa

    Centro Português de Cinema (CPC)

    Sound

  • João Paes

    Original Music Composer

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Music

  • Updated

    447 days ago

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