

The Baby of Mâcon
Exploring thoroughly modern taboos
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $90K
- Language
- English
- virgin
- baby
- rape
- bishop
- miracle
- surrealism
- priest
- religion
- church
- avant-garde
- birth
- death
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France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NR3 Nov 1994
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1817 Sept 1993
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR18+20 May 1994
CanadaCA
- Premiere18AToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 1993
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival30 Sept 1993
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+14 Mar 1996
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical3 May 1996
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1810 Dec 1993
FranceFR
- Premiere16Cannes Film Festival17 May 1993
- Theatrical165 Jan 1994
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1611 Nov 1993
GreeceGR
- Theatrical6 Oct 1995
- PremiereThessaloniki International Film Festival15 Nov 1998
HungaryHU
- Theatrical24 Mar 1994
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The Baby of Mâcon was released on 17 September 1993.
Audience reviews
1- C6/10
CinemaSerf
1/7/2023
I've always found Peter Greenaway films rather hit or miss, and this rather theatrical effort I found more the latter. It all centres around a sort of immaculate conception birth at the Medici court and follows the anticipatory and resultant shenanigans as human nature is (quite literally) laid bare for all to see (and that nature doesn't always come off so well!) It has something of the bawdy romp to it, with some s…
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