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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.
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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 -
Mark ChapmanJohnny Boy (uncredited)
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