Released
Benilde or the Virgin Mother
November 21 1975 (about 49 years ago)Rating
71
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11 reviews
- Director: Manoel de Oliveira
- Writer: Manoel de Oliveira
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 52 m
- Country: Portugal
- Companies: Tobis Portuguesa, Centro Português de Cinema (CPC)
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.
