Peter Greenaway directs Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman and Anne-Louise Lambert in this Restoration period British arthouse gem where a much-requested draughtsman is hired to make drawings of a country estate and his fee includes full sexual access to the lady of the house.

Gloriously unconventional. I did prefer it when it was flat, passion-free sex comedy told in a series of still tableaux. A criminal intrigue is introduced and lives are destroyed. That comes a little left of field. Much like life. Memorably idiosyncratic.

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Perfect Double Bill: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

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