The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Art is the food for madness.
119 min
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.
- Release date
- October 1, 1987
- Country of origin
- Italy, United Kingdom, Australia
- Music
- Glenn Branca, Wim Mertens
- Budget
- $2,000,000
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Augustusinstrumental1:34
- Birds for the Mindinstrumental4:45
- The Aural Trickinstrumental2:40
- Struggle for Pleasureinstrumental3:54
- 4 Mainsinstrumental3:11
- Close Coverinstrumental3:16
- Time Passinginstrumental1:36
- Tourtourinstrumental2:30
- And With Theminstrumental1:31
- Andrea Doriainstrumental1:02
- Galbainstrumental1:39
- Caracallainstrumental1:56
Cast
- Brian Dennehy as Stourley Kracklite
- Chloe Webb as Louisa Kracklite
- Lambert Wilson as Caspasian Speckler
- Sergio Fantoni as Io Speckler
- Stefania Casini as Flavia Speckler
- Vanni Corbellini as Frederico
- Alfredo Varelli as Julio
- Geoffrey Copleston as Caspetti
- Francesco Carnelutti as Pastarri
- Marino Masé as Trettorio
- Marne Maitland as Battistino
Crew
- Peter Greenaway · Director
- Peter Greenaway · Writer
- Colin Callender · Producer
- Walter Donohue · Producer
- Glenn Branca · Composer
- Wim Mertens · Composer
- Sacha Vierny · Cinematographer
- John Wilson · Editor
- Ben van Os · Production designer