Is The Belly of an Architect scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 97% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Belly of an Architect end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Belly of an Architect sad?

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Belly of an Architect easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Belly of an Architect violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Belly of an Architect

Name: The Belly of an Architect
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987
Duration: 118 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni, Stefania Casini

Art is the food for madness.

Directed by Peter Greenaway

Produced by Callender Company, Mondial

1987118 min6.8 / 10

A psychologically baroque descent into obsession and bodily horror, where an architect's fixation on form and control collapses into paranoia and physical decay.

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.

Clusters

Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Doomed Romantic Obsession Paranoid Reality Breakdown Live Performance & Concerts Family and Marriage Problems

Genres

Drama

Keywords

Rome, Italy Architect Architecture Older Man Younger Woman Relationship Illness Exhibition Failing Marriage Grotesque Stomach

Questions people ask

Is The Belly of an Architect scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 97% of films.
Does The Belly of an Architect end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is The Belly of an Architect sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is The Belly of an Architect easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is The Belly of an Architect violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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