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.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Time of Miracles
American Beauty
Makamandag na Bango
The Silence of the Lambs
The Edukators
The Science of Sleep
Harold and Maude
Eyes Wide Shut
Chocolat
The Firm
All Ladies Do It
The Confession
El despiadado
Infernal Persecution
Sin of an Angel
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Tarzan
The Catholics
Baby Shark
SIMILAR MOVIES
Time of Miracles
IMDB 5.3 | Apr , 1989
September 1945. The new communist authorities go into the church, hang the flag of the Party and paint over the old frescoes, but each time the frescoes miraculously return. A stranger comes to town and works miracles; the townsfolk are convinced he is the Messiah. Director Paskaljevic cut his TV miniseries, based on the novel by Borislav Pekic, to feature film length.American Beauty
IMDB 8 | Sep , 1999
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.Makamandag na Bango
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1996
Carla's (Rita Magdalena) sister commits suicide. Devastated, she decides to go to the province.. where she wreaks havoc among the men.The Silence of the Lambs
IMDB 8.3 | Feb , 1991
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.The Edukators
IMDB 7.2 | Oct , 2004
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.The Science of Sleep
IMDB 7 | Jun , 2006
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.Harold and Maude
IMDB 7.6 | Dec , 1971
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.Eyes Wide Shut
IMDB 7.5 | Jul , 1999
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.Chocolat
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2000
A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they represent free-thinking and indulgence. When a group of gypsies arrive by riverboat, the Mayor's prejudices lead to a crisis.The Firm
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 1993
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...All Ladies Do It
IMDB 5 | Feb , 1992
After five years of marriage, Diana discovers the joys of adultery, claiming that she can save her failing relationship through betrayal.The Confession
IMDB 5 | Jan , 1920
A priest hears a murderer's confession but can't reveal the truth, even though his brother is being tried for the crime.El despiadado
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 1990
Christian movie based on real events. Based on the real story of a drug trafficker, who paradoxically found his freedom inside the jail.Infernal Persecution
IMDB 6 | Jan , 1992
It all started one night, they were witnesses ... Now they have to flee! A group of students discover the rites and sinister plans of a satanic organization.Sin of an Angel
IMDB 5 | Apr , 1979
A being from a different plane decides to come down on earth to see how human beings are living; over there he meets a evil man who try to manipulate him to his personal benefit. The angel comes to Tomar to live with the people of the earth and lives among human beings, gets to know the magician Solomon who discovers that Tomar has a magical eye and convinces him to work with him, Solomon covets in his wife's sister Jasmine and rapes her, Solomon exploits that Tomar does not have His fingerprints persuade him to steal the treasury of the hotel where Solomon and Tomar present with them, but they fail to monitor the police for them.13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 2016
An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
IMDB 7 | Mar , 1957
A Roman Catholic nun and a hard-bitten US Marine are stranded together on a Japanese-occupied island in the South Pacific during World War II. Under constant threat of discovery by a ruthless enemy, they hide in a cave and forage for food together. Their forced companionship and the struggle for survival forge a powerful emotional bond between them.Tarzan
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 1999
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he's human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to...The Catholics
IMDB 5.8 | Nov , 1973
Set in the near future. As a consequence of an ecumenical movement (Vatican Council IV), the Catholic Church has joined other religions and has eliminated much of the original dogma of Catholicism. A group of Irish monks rebel against this situation and react back to the past: they begin to say Mass in Latin and act according to traditional Catholic dogma. So, Rome decides to send a representative to investigate what is happeningBaby Shark
IMDB 4.2 | May , 2005
This treatise on teens behaving badly takes three separate approaches to its theme. In the first story, a hottie skater boy asks a bored, young heterosexual couple to sexually indulge him. In the second story, a boy/girl couple contends with a nerd who clings to the boy after class each day. In the third and final story, an attractive young guy puts the moves on his identical twin brother's girlfriend.