

"Exploring thoroughly modern taboos"
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.
The Daughter

The Bishop's Son

The Bishop

Cosimo Medici
The Father Confessor

The Mother Superior

The Major Domo

The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)

The Second Midwife

The Third Midwife

The Prompter
The First Tutor

The Father

The First Nun
The Second Nun
The Wetnurse
Famine
The Mother
The Second Tutor
The Chaplain
Carpaccio
The Baby of Mâcon
The First Soldier
The Second Soldier
Cosimo's Servant
Entourage Servant

Entourage Servant
Entourage Servant
Entourage Servant
The Deacon
Cynical Auction Bidder (uncredited)
Laborer (uncredited)

Choir Farmer's Wives (uncredited)
