The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
2h 2m
Running Time
September 17, 1993Release Date
The Baby of Mâcon (1993)
2h 2m
Running Time
September 17, 1993Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Julia Ormond
The Daughter

Ralph Fiennes
The Bishop's Son

Philip Stone
The Bishop

Jonathan Lacey
Cosimo Medici

Don Henderson
The Father Confessor

Celia Gregory
The Mother Superior

Jeff Nuttall
The Major Domo

Jessica Hynes
The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)

Kathryn Hunter
The Second Midwife

Gabrielle Reidy
The Third Midwife

Frank Egerton
The Prompter

Phelim McDermott
The First Tutor

Tony Vogel
The Father

Tatiana Strauss
The First Nun

Louisa Milwood-Haigh
The Second Nun

Anna Nieland
The Wetnurse

Graham Valentine
Famine

Diana van Kolck
The Mother

Leslie Cuss
The Second Tutor

Rien Kroon
The Chaplain

Jan Sepers
Carpaccio

Nils Dorando
The Baby of Mâcon

Richard Blair
The First Soldier

Tony Dunham
The Second Soldier

Humphrey Sallons
Cosimo's Servant

Dennis Rudge
Entourage Servant

Hans Bosch
Entourage Servant

Sjoerd Ghijssen
Entourage Servant

Michiel Riedijk
Entourage Servant

Bert Sevenhuijsen
The Deacon

John Hartnett
Cynical Auction Bidder (uncredited)

Bastian Pastewka
Laborer (uncredited)

Dela Maria Vaags
Choir Farmer's Wives (uncredited)

Sacha Vierny
Director of Photography

Peter Greenaway
Writer / Director

Chris Wyatt
Editor

Daniel Reuss
Music Consultant

Paul M. van Brugge
Music Producer

Yves Marmion
Co-Producer

Denis Wigman
Executive Producer

Abi Cohen
Casting

Christoph Hahnheiser
Co-Producer

Ben Zuydwijk
Painter

Ellen Lens
Costume Design

Sara Meerman
Makeup Artist

Seumas Next
Sound Effects

Jan Roelfs
Production Design

Kees Kasander
Producer
Media.










Details.
Release DateSeptember 17, 1993
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 2m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
baby
virgin
miracle
religion
birth
bishop
surrealism
avant-garde
death
dismemberment
church
infanticide
priest
cannibalism
graphic violence
Wiki.
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 the town of Mâcon whose inhabitants have been infertile for a generation. The birth of the baby boy is mythologized for various ends, initially because it marks the end of childlessness in a city.
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.
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