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Carrington

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"A love story so unusual it has to be true."

Duration

2h 01m

Release

25 May 1995

Country

United StatesUnited Kingdom

Language

English

Overview

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.

Plot

The platonic relationship between artist Dora Carrington and writer Lytton Strachey in the early twentieth century.

Cast

Emma ThompsonJonathan PryceSteven Waddington

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.8/10Rotten Tomatoes: 58%

Details

Director

Christopher Hampton

Writers

Christopher HamptonMichael Holroyd

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA 7 wins & 9 nominations total

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