简介：Aforward-lookingwomanattemptstoteachaprimitivechildthewaysofhumanityasherneighborsprefertoremaininthepastinthisdramafromMichaelMackenzie,whichheadaptedfromhisownplay.In1888,awealthyheiressfromPhiladelphia(PatriciaClarkson)marriesaBritishBaron(ColmFeore)andwithhimmovestoParis.SincetheBarontravelsoftenasheplieshistradeasanartdealer,theBaronessfindsherselfaloneathome,withoutfriendsoracquaintances.Hopingtoattractacircleofintellectuallychallengingcompanions,theBaronesstakesituponherselftodesignasalon,which,alongwithup-to-the-minutefurnishingsandimpressionistpaintings,includessuchnewtechnologyaselectriclightingandaphonograph.However,theBaroness'newsalonfailstoearnhertherespectofherneighbors,whotelltheBarontheyfindhisnewbride'sfascinationwithtechnologyanddemocracyboorishandlaughable.Makingthingsworse,theBaronesscomestotherealizationthatherhusbandismoreinterestedinhermoneythanhermind,andhissexualdemandsofherarebrutalandviolent.Intime,theBaronessdevoteshertimetoanewproject--aferalchild(CarolineDhavernas)hasbeenfoundinastable,whereshelivedwithaheardofpigs,andtheBaronesstakesituponherselftoteachthechildtowalk,speak,andbehaveinacivilizedmanner,ataskmanybelieveisdoomedtofailure.TheBaronessandthePigwasscreenedincompetitionatthe2003SundanceFilmFestival.~MarkDeming,Rovi…