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A love story so unusual it has to be true.
Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by the mysterious Dora and they begin a lifelong friendship that has strangely romantic undertones. Eventually, Lytton and Dora decide to live together, despite the fact that the latter has fallen in love with military man Ralph Partridge, whom she plans to marry.Read moreLess
Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by the mysterious Dora and they begin a lifelong friendship that has strangely romantic undertones. Eventually, Lytton and Dora decide to live together, despite the fact that the latter has fallen in love with military man Ralph Partridge, whom she plans to marry.
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Painter Dora Carrington develops an intimate but extremely complex bond with writer Lytton Strachey. Though Lytton is a homosexual, he is enchanted by the mysterious Dora and they begin a lifelong friendship that has strangely romantic undertones. Eventually, Lytton and Dora decide to live together, despite the fact that the latter has fallen in love with military man Ralph Partridge, whom she plans to marry.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Emma ThompsonDora Carrington
Jonathan PryceLytton Strachey
Steven WaddingtonRalph Partridge
Samuel WestGerald Brenan
Rufus SewellMark Gertler
Penelope WiltonLady Ottoline Morrell
Janet McTeerVanessa Bell
Jeremy NorthamBeacus Penrose
Alex KingstonFrances Partridge
Richard CliffordClive Bell
David RyallMayor
Stephen BoxerMilitary RepExplore the crew
- Director
- Christopher Hampton
- Screenplay
- Christopher Hampton
- Producer
- John McGrath
- Director of Photography
- Denis Lenoir
- Editor
- George Akers
- Producer
- Ronald Shedlo
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Nyman