Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist, is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner, to produce a set of twelve drawings of her husband’s estate, a contract which extends much further than either the purse or the sketchpad.
The sketches themselves prove of an even greater significance than supposed upon the discovery of the body of Mr. Herbert.
Peter Greenaway’s witty, stylised, erotic country house murder mystery, returns to cinemas in a new 4K remaster from the BFI National Archive on 11 November, to mark its 40th anniversary.
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