The Belly of an Architect
Art is the food for madness.
1987 · 1h 58m · R
Drama
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
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The Belly of an Architect
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Peter Greenaway Director
- Brian Dennehy as Stourley Kracklite
- Chloe Webb as Louisa Kracklite
- Lambert Wilson as Caspasian Speckler
- Sergio Fantoni as Io Speckler
- Stefania Casini as Flavia Speckler
- Vanni Corbellini as Frederico
- Alfredo Varelli as Julio
- Geoffrey Copleston as Caspetti
- Francesco Carnelutti as Pastarri
- Marino Masé as Trettorio
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