and a Catholic draughtsman is staying at a country houseparty and is paid in sex with the mistress of the house to execute a number of drawings of the estate as a present to her husband.

only the husband dies and certain objects that appear in the draughtsman's drawings point towards his involvement in the murder.

but it's all full of really mysterious, weird details, amazing sunshine on the fields, loads of weird subtexts about sex and society during the late 17th century. it's absolutely incredible

And the Michael Nyman soundtrack is aces too.

I didn't think it was as good as The Cook, the thief...., and I preferred Nyman's score to that film, although I recognised the score to Draughtsman's easily.

I really like the visual compositions and the appearances of the statue man in the film, and I enjoyed it very much.