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The Belly of an Architect (1987)
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Synopsis
American architect Stourley Kracklite (
Brian Dennehy
) comes with his young wife Louisa (
Chloe Webb
) to Rome to supervise an exhibition devoted to Etienne-Louis Boullée, a French architect of the 18th century. Suffering from severe abdominal pains, Stourley doesn't pay much attention to his pregnant wife, and she finds consolation in the arms of suave Caspasian Speckler (
Lambert Wilson
). Built from rigidly symmetrical images, the film has quite an unusual subject: the belly -- both the sick one of the architect and the pregnant one of his wife, the rounded forms alluding to the spherical constructions designed by Boullée, the architect whose visionary projects seldom materialized. Beautifully shot on location in Rome, this ironic fable wittily examines the issues of artistic creativity. ~ Yuri German, All Movie Guide
Cast
Francesco Carnelutti
Pastarri
Stefania Casini
Flavia Speckler
Vanni Corbellini
Frederico
Brian Dennehy
Stourley Kracklite
Sergio Fantoni
Io Speckler
Alfredo Varelli
Julio Ficcone
Chloe Webb
Louisa Kracklite
Lambert Wilson
Caspasian Speckler
Production Crew
Luciana Vedovelli
Art Director
Conchita Airoldi
Associate Producer
Dino Di Dionisio
Associate Producer
Sacha Vierny
Cinematographer
Colin Callender
Co-producer
Walter Donahue
Co-producer
Glenn Branca
Composer (Music Score)
Wim Mertens
Composer (Music Score)
Maurizio Millenotti
Costume Designer
Peter Greenaway
Director
John Wilson
Editor
Franco Corridoni
Makeup
Colin Callender
Producer
Peter Greenaway
Screenwriter
Giorgio Desideri
Set Designer
Peter Glossop
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1987
Runtime: 120
Country: Italy
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature
Genre
Avant-garde / Experimental
Comedy Drama
Produced by
Hemdale
Release
May 04, 1990 (USA)
by Hemdale
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