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.
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

Peter Blythe
Phillip Morrell
Sebastian Harcombe
Roger Senhouse

Annabel Mullion
Mary Hutchinson

Daniel Betts
Porter

Mark Chapman
Johnny Boy (uncredited)
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