THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S
CONTRACT

Year: 1982
UK: ICA Projects
Cast: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne Louise Lambert, Neil Cunningham, Hugh Fraser, Dave Hill, Neil Cunningham, David Gant, David Meyer, Tony Meyer, Nicolas Amer, Suzan Crowley, Lynda La Plante, Michael Feast, Alastair Cummings, Steve Ubels, Ben Kirby, Sylvia Rotter, Kate Doherty, Joss Buckley, Mike Carter, Vivienne Chandler, Geoffrey Larder, Harry Van Engel, George Miller
Director: Peter Greenaway
Country: UK
UK: 108 mins
UK Certificate: 15
UK Release Date: 1 August 2003 (Limited Re-release)

Synopsis

A stunning new print of Peter Greenaway's acclaimed first feature, a satisfyingly complex Jacobean murder mystery set in an English country garden during the height of a late 17th century summer. A draughtsman contracted to execute 12 drawings of an estate negotiates terms to include the sexual favours of his employer Mrs Herbert (Janet Suzman). But when a corpse is dragged from the moat, the draughtsman's designs may reveal more than he realised. A brilliantly perverse film of extraordinary visual beauty with Michael Nyman's mesmerising, heart-racing score. Starring Anthony Higgins.