
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.

as Benilde

as Eduardo, Benilde's cousin

as Melo Cantos, Benilde's father

as Etelvina, Eduardo's mother

as Genoveva, the house-keeper

as Cristóvão, the priest

as Fabrício, the doctor

as Screaming Madman (voice)