The Baby of Mâcon

In 17th-century Tuscany, a church play is performed for the benefit of 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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  Peter Greenaway

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  Julia Ormond
  The Daughter
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  Ralph Fiennes
  The Bishop's Son
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  Philip Stone
  The Bishop
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  Jonathan Lacey
  Cosimo Medici
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  Don Henderson
  The Father Confessor
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  Celia Gregory
  The Mother Superior
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  Jeff Nuttall
  The Major Domo
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  Jessica Hynes
  The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)
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  Kathryn Hunter
  The Second Midwife
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  Gabrielle Reidy
  The Third Midwife
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  Frank Egerton
  The Prompter
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  Phelim McDermott
  The First Tutor
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  Tony Vogel
  The Father
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  Tatiana Strauss
  The First Nun
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  Louisa Milwood-Haigh
  The Second Nun
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  Anna Nieland
  The Wetnurse
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  Graham Valentine
  Famine
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  Diana van Kolck
  The Mother
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  Leslie Cuss
  The Second Tutor
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  Rien Kroon
  The Chaplain