The Baby of Mâcon (1993) review

In the city of Mâcon, women have been infertile for an alarming amount of time, so when a brutish-looking woman gives birth to a boy, the people worship him and also try to figure out how to use him for their own benefit, including the boy's "pure" sister (Julia Ormond), who claims she's his biological mother - later, she attempts to lose her virginity to the Bishop's Son (Ralph Fiennes) and he's gored by a sacred bull ... and then the child is smothered to death.  It seems like Greenaway is trying to "attack" Catholicism, suggesting that the Church is somehow "exploiting" Christ (and the Saints), but he's far more interested in the grotesque (the deceased infant gets dissected, Ormond's "punishment" is being raped over two hundred times) than expanding on his tenuous premise (he should realize many organized religions have rituals that might seem daffy to non-believers).  The costumes, makeup and Sacha Vierny's cinematography are striking, however, and help distract from the fact it's essentially a filmed play.