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The Baby of Mâcon

7.0 122 mins Drama   History   1993
Cine Electra   Allarts   La Sept Cinéma   UGC Films   Film4 Productions  
Director(s): Peter Greenaway

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.

Casts of The Baby of Mâcon

Julia Ormond

as The Daughter

Ralph Fiennes

as The Bishop's Son

Philip Stone

as The Bishop

Jonathan Lacey

as Cosimo Medici

Don Henderson

as The Father Confessor

Celia Gregory

as The Mother Superior

Jeff Nuttall

as The Major Domo

Jessica Hynes

as The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)

Kathryn Hunter

as The Second Midwife

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

Anna Nieland

as The Wetnurse

Graham Valentine

as Famine

Diana van Kolck

as The Mother

Leslie Cuss

as The Second Tutor

Rien Kroon

as The Chaplain

Jan Sepers

as Carpaccio

Nils Dorando

as The Baby of Mâcon

Richard Blair

as The First Soldier

Tony Dunham

as The Second Soldier

Humphrey Sallons

as Cosimo's Servant

Dennis Rudge

as Entourage Servant

Hans Bosch

as Entourage Servant

Sjoerd Ghijssen

as Entourage Servant

Michiel Riedijk

as Entourage Servant

Bert Sevenhuijsen

as The Deacon

John Hartnett

as Cynical Auction Bidder (uncredited)

Bastian Pastewka

as Laborer (uncredited)

Dela Maria Vaags

as Choir Farmer's Wives (uncredited)

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