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
as Benilde
Jorge Rolla
as Eduardo, Benilde's cousin
Varela Silva
as Melo Cantos, Benilde's father
Glória de Matos
as Etelvina, Eduardo's mother
Maria Barroso
as Genoveva, the house-keeper
Augusto de Figueiredo
as Cristóvão, the priest
Jacinto Ramos
as Fabrício, the doctor
