Exploring thoroughly modern taboos
Drama, History
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.
🎬 Süre: 122 dakika
🗓️ Vizyon: 1993-09-17
💸 Bütçe: $0
🌎 Diller: English
📈 Oy Ortalaması: 6.894
📥 Oy Sayısı: 108
🎭 Türler: Drama, History
📍 Ülkeler: France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Julia Ormond
The Daughter
Ralph Fiennes
The Bishop's Son
Philip Stone
The Bishop
Jonathan Lacey
Cosimo Medici
Don Henderson
The Father Confessor
👤 CinemaSerf
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...
⭐ 6/10
