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The Draughtsman's Contract

The Draughtsman's Contract

A landscape of lust and cunning.

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Release Date

11/12/1982

Runtime

108 mins

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$370,800

Revenue

$2,256,246

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A visually sumptuous 17th-century puzzle where the act of drawing becomes entangled with desire, deception, and hidden schemes. Greenaway's formal, painterly direction creates an atmosphere of baroque intrigue beneath a surface of polite transaction.

Mood

ContemplativeWistfulUnsettling

Themes

Art and creationPowerClassBetrayal

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyFormalistHigh-contrast

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Sexual content
Anthony Higgins

Anthony Higgins

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Janet Suzman

Janet Suzman

Virginia Herbert

Dave Hill

Dave Hill

Herbert

Anne-Louise Lambert

Anne-Louise Lambert

Sarah Talmann

Hugh Fraser

Hugh Fraser

Mr. Talmann

Neil Cunningham

Thomas Noyes

David Meyer

David Meyer

Poulenc Brother

Tony Meyer

Poulenc Brother

Nicholas Amer

Mr Parkes

Suzan Crowley

Suzan Crowley

Mrs Pierpont

Lynda La Plante

Lynda La Plante

Mrs Clement

Michael Feast

Michael Feast

The Statue

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