The Baby of Mâcon

Name: The Baby of Mâcon
Director: Peter Greenaway
Released: 1993
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey, Don Henderson

1993 · 122 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 5,169 VOTES · DIR. Peter Greenaway

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. 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.

Dialogue Timeline — 938 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:17 The harvests are...

00:06:29 It comes!

00:08:34 Eleven !

00:12:10 It will not live a long time.

00:14:05 Hold it well.

00:15:56 I would know to play the father better than this crude fool.

00:19:18 I am the wise woman that the helped to come to the world.

00:21:55 Give me a piece of the clothes.

00:25:24 Have I your permission, monsignor?

00:31:21 his sister violated

00:37:20 Then the Child will bless you to prove how much we are magnanimous.

00:41:18 Examine me and me you would cover with shame.

00:46:20 Mother...

00:50:38 It means that sands of the desert cease being because you, son of priest, did not see them?

00:55:08 To want to resemble in Virgin Mary, you blaspheme.

00:58:30 Then allow me of you show one!

01:05:36 My sister, kill this animal.

01:13:47 This is a fluid of my body.

01:17:45 Twenty thousand!

01:23:35 With me, you would have been able to be so nice one, a so nice Child.

01:27:54 ... because I am virgin and virgins cannot be hung in order of this shrine...

01:34:34 For working, this girl of the demon deserves so much.

01:45:50 A very good actress.

01:49:55 Child, bless me of your small arms who would have been able to grip me very extremely.

Cast & Characters

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 Kathryn Hunter The Second Midwife Gabrielle Reidy The Third Midwife

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed938

Dialogue density7.7 lines / min

First line00:00:17

Final line01:49:55

Production Record

DirectorPeter Greenaway

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes5,169