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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.
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.
Sumptuously costumed and designed, beautifully lit by Sacha Vierny, accompanied by enchanting baroque music, The Baby of Macon is the most determinedly disgusting film from a major director...
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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.
The Baby of Mâcon An apparently miraculous birth is exploited by the authorities in medieval France in Greenaway's disturbing film about corruption, starring Julia Ormond and Ralph Fiennes. IMDb 6.9 2 h 2 min 1993
Nov 3, 1994 · Overview. 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.
Peter Greenaway’s The Baby of Mâcon is a damning, unflinching indictment of humanity. Made in the style of a stage play in mid-17th century France in the court of Cosimo Medici; the film tells the story of a baby born of an old, hideous and plague-ridden woman in the barren village of Mâcon.
