The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
Rating: 6.9/10
Duration: 122 min
Director(s): Peter Greenaway,
Description:
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 Church exacts a terrible revenge.
Cast
- Julia Ormond as The Daughter
- Jessica Hynes as The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)
- Ralph Fiennes as The Bishop's Son
- Jeff Nuttall as The Major Domo
- Kathryn Hunter as The Second Midwife
- Philip Stone as The Bishop
- Jonathan Lacey as Cosimo Medici
- Don Henderson as The Father Confessor
- Celia Gregory as The Mother Superior
- Gabrielle Reidy as The Third Midwife
- Frank Egerton as The Prompter
- Phelim McDermott as The First Tutor
- Tony Vogel as The Father
- Tatiana Strauss as The First Nun
- Louisa Milwood-Haigh as The Second Nun