Ellen Carter's career is on the rocks. She hasn't written a worthy novel since her husband went missing and she was suspected by the police of murdering him. To top it all off, she has reason to belie...

一位面目丑陋不堪的老妇生下了一个相貌标致、拥有天使面孔的男婴。然而男婴的姐姐（朱丽娅·奥蒙德Julia Ormond饰）却声称孩子是自己的。处女生子的荒唐前提一旦成立，一连串不可思议的玄虚之事便相继发生，整个世界的秩序将不复存在。她先是宣称男婴为神之附体的圣婴，后是以圣母玛利亚自称，靠圣婴赚取钱财。当姐姐与主教的儿子（拉尔夫·费因斯Ralph Fiennes饰）相恋时，却遭到了圣婴的阻碍，主教的儿...