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The Draughtsman's Contract is a 1982 British period comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway – his first conventional feature film (following the feature-length mockumentary The Falls).
Nov 12, 1982 · The Draughtsman's Contract: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne-Louise Lambert, Hugh Fraser. A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
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- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Peter Greenaway
- 1982-11-12
Set in a richly exaggerated 17th-century England, Peter Greenaway's witty, stylized, erotic country house murder mystery catapulted him to the forefront of international art...
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- Peter Greenaway
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- Anthony Higgins
The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) R 06/22/1983 (US) History , Mystery , Comedy 1h 48m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. A landscape of lust and cunning. Overview. A young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away. Peter Greenaway.
Sep 28, 2022 · Newly remastered in 4K by the BFI National Archive, The Draughtsman's Contract recently premiered at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival. ...more.
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- ZeitgeistFilms
Jul 30, 2003 · In a provincial country house, renowned draughtsman Mr Neville (Anthony Higgins) is contracted to draw 12 pictures of the property by Mrs Herbert (Janet Suzman), the wife of the cantankerous owner...
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An aristocratic wife commissions a draughtsman to sketch her husband’s property while he is away—in exchange for a fee, room and board, and one sexual favor for each of the drawings. As the draughtsman becomes entrenched in the devious schemings, details emerge in his art that may reveal a murder.
