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.
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
Manoel de Oliveira
Screaming Madman (voice)
Pickwick
Wings of Desire
Rope
It's a Wonderful Life
Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives
Babylon
Mansfield Park
Holy Lands
Fallen
Return to Zero
Hardball
Girl in the Box
Mother
West Side Story
Ondine
Six Characters in Search of An Author
Chicago
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Gracie
Gigi & Nate