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The Draughtsman's Contract

The Draughtsman's Contract

7,1 /10 (271 Votes)
1982 EN 108 min

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.

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Release date

12/11/1982

Votes

271

Popularity

1.7

A landscape of lust and cunning.

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

108 min

Budget

$370,800

Revenue

$2,256,246

Original Soundtrack

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-11-11

⭐ 7

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) approaches our virile artist with another proposal. She is saddled with the foppish "Talmann" (Hugh…

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