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The Belly of an Architect

19871h 58mDrama
directed by Peter Greenaway

“Art is the food for madness.”

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

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