Rating: R
Genre: Avant-garde / Exp
Theatrical Release: 05/04/1990(USA)
Release Date: 06/15/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 119 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: MGM

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

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Cast:
Brian Dennehy - Stourley Kracklite
Chloe Webb - Louisa Kracklite
Lambert Wilson - Caspasian Speckler
Sergio Fantoni - Io Speckler
Stefania Casini - Flavia Speckler
Vanni Corbellini - Frederico
Alfredo Varelli - Julio Ficcone
Francesco Carnelutti - Pastarri

Production:
Peter Greenaway - Director
Colin Callender - Producer
Walter Donahue Colin Callender - Co Producer
Glenn Branca Wim Mertens - Composer
John Wilson - Editor
Peter Greenaway - Screen Writer
Giorgio Desideri - Set Designer
Luciana Vedovelli - Art Director
Conchita Airoldi - Associate Producer
Dino Di Dionisio - Associate Producer
Sacha Vierny - Cinematographer
Maurizio Millenotti - Costume Designer
Franco Corridoni - Makeup
Peter Glossop - Sound/Sound Designer

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