The Draughtsman's Contract
A landscape of lust and cunning.
Overview
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.
- Budget
- $370,800
- Revenue
- $2,256,246
- Production
- BFI, Film4 Productions
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Cast
Anthony Higgins
Mr. Neville
Janet Suzman
Virginia Herbert
Dave Hill
Herbert
Anne-Louise Lambert
Sarah Talmann
Hugh Fraser
Mr. Talmann
David Meyer
Poulenc Brother
Tony Meyer
Poulenc Brother
Suzan Crowley
Mrs Pierpont
Lynda La Plante
Mrs Clement
Michael Feast
The Statue
David Gant
Seymour
David Joss Buckley
Mr. Porringer
Vivienne Chandler
Laundress
Crew
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Writers
- Peter Greenaway
- Producers
- David Payne
- Cinematography
- Curtis Clark
- Composer
- Michael Nyman
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CinemaSerf
November 11, 2022
Anthony Higgins is artist "Neville" who attracts the eye of the unhappily married aristocrat "Mrs. Herbert" (Janet Suzman). She concocts a plan to have her wicked way with him by commissioning him to sketch twelve aspects of their modest stately home in return for £8 per drawing and unlimited "access" to her person. When "Mr. Herbert" has to go away, that proves convenient for all and their contract is agreed and applied. Midway through his task, her daughter "Mrs. Talmann" (Anne-Louise Lambert)…