Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes58%
73 audience votes
Key crew
- Christopher HamptonDirector
- Christopher HamptonScreenplay
- Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- 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 Rep