The Baby of Mâcon (1992)

Directed by

Peter Greenaway

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 113 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 17th century Tuscany, a court watches a play about a baby born in a previously infertile town. The story follows how the baby's birth is exploited for different purposes.

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What happens

The Baby of Mâcon is a 1993 historical drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, and starring Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond (in her theatrical debut) and Philip Stone, in his final film appearance. The film is set in Tuscany 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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