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The Belly of an Architect
“Art is the food for madness.”
6.8 / 10• 1987• 1h 58m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Brian Dennehy
Stourley Kracklite
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Greenaway's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Belly of an Architect is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
