The Draughtsman's Contract (NR)

synopsis

I n rural Wiltshire at the end of the 17th century, Mrs Herbert hires artist Mr Neville to produce a series of drawings of her country house as a gift for her inattentive husband, to be carried out while he is away on business. Their contract requires Mrs Herbert's sexual compliance to the draughtsman, an arrangement that she begins to question as his sexual advances become increasingly aggressive.