Benilde or the Virgin Mother
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 Mattaas Benilde
Jorge Rollaas Eduardo, Benilde's cousin
Varela Silvaas Melo Cantos, Benilde's father
Augusto de Figueiredoas Cristóvão, the priest
Jacinto Ramosas Fabrício, the doctor
