The Belly of an Architect

The Belly of an Architect (1987)

Art is the food for madness.

Stourley Kracklite, a driven, detail-obsessed architect, travels from America to Rome with his much younger wife, Louisa, to oversee an architectural homage to a personal hero, 18th-century master builder Etienne-Louis Boullée. En route by train, Stourley and Louisa conceive a much-wanted child — but Stourley's obsession with his wife's expanding belly, her perceived infidelity, and his own recurrent bouts of abdominal pain reach epic and dangerous proportions.

Date of release
1987-09-23
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (135)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Drama
Director
Peter Greenaway

Casting

  • Brian Dennehy — Stourley Kracklite
  • Chloe Webb — Louisa Kracklite
  • Lambert Wilson — Caspasian Speckler
  • Sergio Fantoni — Io Speckler
  • Stefania Casini — Flavia Speckler
  • Vanni Corbellini — Frederico
  • Alfredo Varelli — Julio
  • Geoffrey Copleston — Caspetti
  • Francesco Carnelutti — Pastarri
  • Marino Masé — Trettorio
  • Marne Maitland — Battistino

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