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)
West Side Story
The Discovery of Heaven
Chicago
Rope
It's a Wonderful Life
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Amadeus
How Sarah Got Her Wings
Babylon
Mansfield Park
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Gracie
Return to Zero
Meet Joe Black
Maryša
Baal
Skin
Holy Lands
Come Sunday
Hardball