The Belly of an Architect (1987)

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.

Genres: Drama

What to watch after The Belly of an Architect

• The Baby of Mâcon (1993) — Peter Greenaway directed both
• Prospero's Books (1991) — Peter Greenaway directed both
• The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) — Peter Greenaway directed both
• The Barefoot Contessa (1954) — Same feel: complex, dramatic
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
• The Things of Life (1970) — Same subject: older man younger woman relationship