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The Baby of Mâcon is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, and starring Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond and Philip Stone, in his final film appearance. The film is set in France during the mid-17th century, in the court of Cosimo III de' Medici as he and his court watch actors perform a parable about a baby born in ...
- Kees Kasander
- Sacha Vierny
- Peter Greenaway
- Peter Greenaway
Sep 17, 1993 · The Baby of Mâcon: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey. Plagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.
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- Drama, History
- Peter Greenaway
- 1993-09-17
The Baby of Macon 1993 2 hr. 2 min. Drama History List 38% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 81% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score A play about the birth of a miracle baby yields unexpectedly tragic results in ...
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- Julia Ormond
- Peter Greenaway
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The Baby Of Mâcon. A movie about the corruption in all levels of society. A baby is born from a supposed-to-be virgin woman, so a chain of hysteria about divine intervention in the birth takes place. 70 IMDb 6.9 2 h 2 min 1993. X-Ray 18+.
The horrified crowd takes the child away from her. The child continues to perform miracles. The Church, now in control of him, makes money by auctioning off the child's blood to the highest bidder. The daughter returns and smothers the baby to death. The Cardinal wants to hang her, but according to the law of the land, he cannot hang a virgin.
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The film premiered at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Because of the nudity and graphic scenes of violence, the film struggled to find distribution. It was not shown in the U.S. until 1997. The Baby of Mâcon is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, and starring Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond and Philip Stone, in his ...
Nov 3, 1994 · Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she attempts to seduce the bishop's son, the ...
