The Baby of Mâcon
“Exploring thoroughly modern taboos”
1993 · 2 h 2 min
Cast
Julia Ormond 
Ralph Fiennes 
Philip Stone Jonathan Lacey 
Don Henderson 
Celia Gregory
Credits
Written by: 
Peter Greenaway
Plot
A church play in the 17th century depicts a miracle child, and the performance turns to violence.
Sinekatalog’s take
Peter Greenaway's film is baroque and shocking, divisive and controversial for its extreme staging.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.9 / 10 (5,509 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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