

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.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Benilde
Eduardo, Benilde's cousin

Melo Cantos, Benilde's father

Etelvina, Eduardo's mother

Genoveva, the house-keeper
Cristóvão, the priest

FabrÃcio, the doctor