The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Art is the food for madness.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1987-09-23
- Runtime:
- 118 min
- Genres:
- Drama
- Director:
- Peter Greenaway
- Top cast:
- Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni, Stefania Casini, Vanni Corbellini
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 6.8/10 from 130 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.5/10