Plot
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.
Cast
Emma Thompson
Dora Carrington
Jonathan Pryce
Lytton Strachey
Steven Waddington
Ralph Partridge
Samuel West
Gerald Brenan
Rufus Sewell
Mark Gertler
Penelope Wilton
Lady Ottoline Morrell
Janet McTeer
Vanessa Bell
Jeremy Northam
Beacus Penrose
Alex Kingston
Frances Partridge
Richard Clifford
Clive Bell
David Ryall
Mayor
Stephen Boxer
Military Rep
Crew
Christopher Hampton
Director
Christopher Hampton
Screenplay
John McGrath
Producer
Denis Lenoir
Director of Photography
Ronald Shedlo
Producer
Michael Nyman
Original Music Composer
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