An architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.
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| Brian Dennehy | ... | Stourley Kracklite | |
| Chloe Webb | ... | Louisa Kracklite | |
| Lambert Wilson | ... | Caspasian Speckler | |
| Sergio Fantoni | ... | Io Speckler | |
| Stefania Casini | ... | Flavia Speckler | |
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Vanni Corbellini | ... | Frederico |
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Alfredo Varelli | ... | Julio |
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Geoffrey Copleston | ... | Caspetti |
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Francesco Carnelutti | ... | Pastarri |
| Marino Masé | ... | Trettorio | |
| Marne Maitland | ... | Battistino | |
| Claudio Spadaro | ... | Mori | |
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Rate Furlan | ... | Violinist |
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Julian Jenkins | ... | Old Doctor |
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Enrica Maria Scrivano | ... | Mother |
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An American architect arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibition for a French architect, Boullée, who is famous for his oval structures. Through the course of 9 months he becomes obsessed with his belly, suffers severe stomach pains, loses his wife, exhibition, his unborn child and finally his own life. Written by Ofir Zwebner <ofirz@hotmail.com>
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Release Date:
16 October 1987 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Stourley Kracklite: Yes, that's right. She is pregnant. But not with your child, Speckler.
Caspasian Speckler: True. I'm very grateful to you for that. Your child, shall we say, is the most perfect contraceptive.
[Kracklite turns and punches Speckler in the nose]
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Etienne-Louis Boullee (1728-1799) was a real architect. Many of his neoclassical designs that were built still exist, mostly in Paris, France. His project for the Cenotaph for Isaac Newton has been much studied by architects for its viability, not least by Albert Speer who modeled the New Berlin for Hitler. The cake presented to Kracklite at the initial banquet is a perfect replica of Boullee's drawings for the Isaac Newton Cenotaph. See more »Goofs
The violinists (c.25 minutes and c. 99 minutes) mime very badly. See more »Quotes
Caspasian Speckler: Your wife is very beautiful, Signor Kracklite, especially when she is pregnant.Stourley Kracklite: Yes, that's right. She is pregnant. But not with your child, Speckler.
Caspasian Speckler: True. I'm very grateful to you for that. Your child, shall we say, is the most perfect contraceptive.
[Kracklite turns and punches Speckler in the nose]
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An American architect (Dennehy) comes to Rome with his wife to create an exhibition he's been working on for 10years. He is troubled though by a terrible pain in his stomach.
Like all Greenaway's projects, this is decidedly off kilter - though not as much as usual - with his usual structured picture framing and colour (red and green) and fabulous use of music. The wonderful soundtrack here is not by Nyman, but is very similar.
Dennehy is perfect in the lead role, but Chloe Webb as his wife puts in a rather strange stilted performance as his wife.
This starts slow but improves as it goes along as Dennehy's story unfolds. Not for everyone, but lovers of the great director will enjoy this, even if it is more orthodox than usual.