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