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The Belly of an Architect

Play trailer Poster for The Belly of an Architect R,  1987,  1h 58m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 85% 13 Reviews Tomatometer 80% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
85% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 80% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy), a driven, detail-obsessed architect, travels from America to Rome with his much younger wife, Louisa (Chloe Webb), 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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Tom Meek Cambridge Day Apr 20, 2020
3/4
[Brian] Dennehy is outstanding as a man out of his element, and the cinematic rendering of Rome's classic structures is a visual feast. Go to Full Review
Ángel Luis Inurria El Pais (Spain) Apr 3, 2020
Presumptuous, cold, and distant. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Nov 30, 2007
4/5
Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Apr 9, 2007
B+
Dennehy achieves Brando-esque emotional power. Go to Full Review
Randy Shulman Metro Weekly (Washington, DC) Jun 30, 2005
3/5
Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks Aug 28, 2004
B
There's a good deal here to relish, even if the piece as a whole eventually descends into the same hermetic serialism of motifs that has consumed most of Greenaway's pictures. Go to Full Review
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Draco P Jan 17, 2017 One of the greatest, the most beautiful and underrated films of all time.
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Cast & Crew

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Peter Greenaway

Director

Brian Dennehy

Stourley Kracklite

Chloe Webb

Louisa Kracklite

Lambert Wilson

Caspasian Speckler

Sergio Fantoni

Io Speckler

Stephania Cassini

Flavia Speckler

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The Belly of an Architect

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Movie Info

Synopsis Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy), a driven, detail-obsessed architect, travels from America to Rome with his much younger wife, Louisa (Chloe Webb), 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
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 23, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$6.3K
Runtime
1h 58m
Sound Mix
Surround
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