Benilde or the Virgin Mother

(1975)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 14 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1975

Runtime: 112 мин

Country: Portugal

Director: Manoel de Oliveira

Cast: Maria Amélia Matta, Jorge Rolla, Varela Silva, Glória de Matos, Maria Barroso, Augusto de Figueiredo, Jacinto Ramos, Manoel de Oliveira

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 decides that Benilde has lost her mind.