Carrington
A love story so unusual it has to be true.
Rating: 6.2 out of 10TMDB(76 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Filming locations
Filmed in Venice
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Setting
Set in England
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Music
Music by Michael Nyman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Denis Lenoir
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Michael HolroydNovel
- Christopher HamptonScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 25, 1995
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom
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In the United States
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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
Peter BlythePhillip Morrell- Sebastian HarcombeRoger Senhouse
Annabel MullionMary Hutchinson
Daniel BettsPorter- Gary TurnerDuncan Grant
- Georgiana DacombeMarjorie Gertler
- Helen BlatchNurse
Neville PhillipsCourt Usher
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