The Belly of an Architect
“Art is the food for madness.”
1987•R•1h 58m•6.8•Released
Drama
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
Peter Greenaway
Writer
Peter Greenaway
Budget
$2M
Languages
Italian, English
Studio
Callender Company
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
Marne Maitland
Battistino
Production
Company
Callender Company
Company
Mondial
Company
Tangram Film
Company
British Screen
Company
Hemdale Group
Company
SACIS
Company
Film4 Productions
Producer
Walter Donohue
Producer
Colin Callender
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