Carrington (1995)
- Starring:
- Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, (more)
- Director(s):
- Christopher Hampton
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Carrington is the true story of the peculiar love affair between two nonconformists in Victorian England: painter Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson) and author Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce). Dora is a young English artist who is part of the Bloomsbury Group, an assemblage of British writers, painters, and eccentrics that includes the likes of Virginia Woolf and E.M. Forster, when she meets Strachey. A confirmed homosexual before meeting Carrington, Strachey inquires who the "ravishing boy" is and discovers that it's a woman. Shocked to discover this, he finds himself captivated by her, and they begin an unusual 17-year love affair/friendship. Strachey (most famous for the groundbreaking book Eminent Victorians) and Dora eventually move in together and have a series of offbeat sexual experiences with other members of the group and sometimes even with the same man; at one juncture, Dora even marries another man. Yet their relationship endures until Strachey's death years later. Pryce was honored as Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for his performance. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 122 mins
Complete Cast:
- Emma Thompson - Dora Carrington
- Steven Waddington - Ralph Partridge
- Rufus Sewell - Mark Gertler
- Peter Blythe - Philip Morrell
- Alex Kingston - Frances Partridge
- Jeremy Northam - Beacus Penrose
- Neville Phillips - Court Usher
- Jonathan Pryce - Lytton Strachey
- Samuel West - Gerald Brenan
- Penelope Wilton - Ottoline Morrell
- Richard Clifford - Clive Bell
- Christopher Birch - Dr. Starkey Smith
- Janet McTeer - Vanessa Bell
- David Ryall - Mayor
- Director(s):
- Christopher Hampton
- Writer(s):
- Christopher Hampton
- Producer(s):
- John McGrath, Ronald Shedlo
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Brief Nudity)
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- 1995 - Cannes Film Festival - Best Actor
- 1995 - Cannes Film Festival - Special Jury Prize
- 1995 - National Board of Review - Best Actress
