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The Baby of Mâcon

1993 · 122 min · Director: Peter Greenaway ★ IMDb 6.9 · 5,512 ratings

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Plagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.

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The Baby of Mâcon (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Awe 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Awe, Anxiety. Genres: Drama, History. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Awe and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 6.9/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 71/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Disturbing
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Disturbing
Sympathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityDisturbingSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension57 %42 %22 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension56 %39 %24 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor51 %31 %29 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Sympathy45 %28 %31 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Humor45 %33 %33 %19 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Sympathy49 %41 %39 %23 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Disturbing50 %45 %39 %24 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Disturbing49 %41 %30 %21 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Humor46 %34 %21 %18 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Tension56 %44 %26 %24 %
52.5 %≈ 64′Disturbing71 %63 %40 %38 %
57.5 %≈ 70′Disturbing71 %64 %48 %39 %
62.5 %≈ 76′Disturbing71 %65 %57 %42 %
67.5 %≈ 82′Disturbing79 %74 %69 %61 %
72.5 %≈ 88′Sadness86 %81 %75 %70 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Disturbing93 %90 %83 %68 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Disturbing97 %96 %89 %76 %
87.5 %≈ 107′Sadness94 %93 %83 %81 %
92.5 %≈ 113′Disturbing88 %85 %72 %73 %
97.5 %≈ 119′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

JL
Jonathan Lacey

Cosimo Medici

DH
Don Henderson

The Father Confessor

CG
Celia Gregory

The Mother Superior

JN
Jeff Nuttall

The Major Domo

Jessica Hynes

The First Midwife (as Jessica Stevenson)

Kathryn Hunter

The Second Midwife

GR
Gabrielle Reidy

The Third Midwife

FE
Frank Egerton

The Prompter

PM
Phelim McDermott

The First Tutor

TV
Tony Vogel

The Father

TS
Tatiana Strauss

The First Nun

LM
Louisa Milwood-Haigh

The Second Nun

AN
Anna Nieland

The Wetnurse

GV
Graham Valentine

Famine

Dv
Diana van Kolck

The Mother

LC
Leslie Cuss

The Second Tutor

RK
Rien Kroon

The Chaplain

Details

Directed by
Peter Greenaway
Written by
Peter Greenaway
Type
Movies
Released
1993
Runtime
122 min
Country
Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Germany
Genres
Drama, History
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.9 · 5,512 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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