Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom
The story
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.
- virgin
- baby
- rape
- bishop
- miracle
- surrealism
- priest
- religion
- church
- avant-garde
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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 (as Jessica Stevenson)
- Kathryn Hunter — The Second Midwife
- Gabrielle Reidy — The Third Midwife
- Frank Egerton — The Prompter
- Phelim McDermott — The First Tutor
- Tony Vogel — The Father
- Tatiana Strauss — The First Nun
- Louisa Milwood-Haigh — The Second Nun
- Directed
- Peter Greenaway
- Written
- Peter Greenaway
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 116 ratings
- Studio
- Cine Electra, Allarts, La Sept Cinéma, UGC Films, Film4 Productions, Award Films International
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
