The Draughtsman's Contract
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United Kingdom · 1982
Rated R · 1h 48m
Director Peter Greenaway
Starring Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Dave Hill, Anne-Louise Lambert
Genre Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Crime
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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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