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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as The Daughter
as The Bishop's Son
as The Bishop
as Cosimo Medici
as The Father Confessor
as The Mother Superior
as The Major Domo
as The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)
as The Second Midwife
as The Third Midwife
CinemaSerf
Jan 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 co…
