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.
Benilde
Eduardo, Benilde's cousin
Melo Cantos, Benilde's father
Etelvina, Eduardo's mother
Genoveva, the house-keeper
Cristóvão, the priest
Fabrício, the doctor
Screaming Madman (voice)
