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Carrington

A love story so unusual it has to be true.

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.

19952h 1mRHistory, Drama, Romance

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About Carrington

Directors
Christopher Hampton
Cast
Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington, Samuel West, Rufus Sewell, Penelope Wilton
Genres
History, Drama, Romance
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
France, United Kingdom
Status
Released

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