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The Belly of an Architect

The Belly of an Architect

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The Belly of an Architect

"Art is the food for madness."

1987

1h 58m

6.8(131 votes)

Drama

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.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy

Stourley Kracklite

Chloe Webb

Chloe Webb

Louisa Kracklite

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson

Caspasian Speckler

Sergio Fantoni

Sergio Fantoni

Io Speckler

Stefania Casini

Stefania Casini

Flavia Speckler

Vanni Corbellini

Vanni Corbellini

Frederico

Alfredo Varelli

Alfredo Varelli

Julio

Geoffrey Copleston

Geoffrey Copleston

Caspetti

Francesco Carnelutti

Francesco Carnelutti

Pastarri

Marino Masé

Marino Masé

Trettorio

Creative team

Directed by: Peter Greenaway
Written by: Peter Greenaway
Produced by: Walter Donohue
Colin Callender

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