The Belly of an Architect
“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.
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Cast
11 people
Brian Dennehy
Stourley Kracklite
Known for
Ratatouille
First Blood
Chloe Webb
Louisa Kracklite
Known for
Twins
Sid and Nancy
Lambert Wilson
Caspasian Speckler
Known for
Catwoman
Babylon A.D.
Sergio Fantoni
Io Speckler
Known for
Von Ryan's Express
Senso
Stefania Casini
Flavia Speckler
Known for
Suspiria
The Goldsmith
Vanni Corbellini
Frederico
Known for
Delirium: Photo of Gioia
L'amore è eterno finché dura
Alfredo Varelli
Julio
Also in
Quo Vadis
The Jester's Supper
Geoffrey Copleston
Caspetti
Known for
The Night Porter
The Black Cat
Francesco Carnelutti
Pastarri
Known for
The Da Vinci Code
The Order
Marino Masé
Trettorio
Known for
The Carabineers
Fists in the Pocket
Marne Maitland
Battistino
Known for
The Man with the Golden Gun
Roma
Peter Greenaway Director · Wim Mertens Composer Sacha Vierny Cinematographer
Budget $2M · United States release May 6, 1990 · Produced in Italy, United Kingdom
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Budget
$2,000,000
Production
Callender Company
Production
Mondial
Production
Tangram Film
Production
British Screen
Production
Hemdale Group
Production
SACIS
Production
Film Four International
Production
Italy · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
France · May 10, 1987
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United Kingdom · October 16, 1987
Theatrical
United States · May 6, 1990
Limited theatrical
United States
October 1, 1987 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Canada
September 12, 1987 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
September 23, 1987 · Theatrical
Germany
October 1, 1987 · Theatrical
Spain
June 3, 1988 · Theatrical
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