Carrington

1995 Drama

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. more..

Director: Christopher Hampton

Starring: Emma Thompson, Jonathan Pryce, Steven Waddington, Samuel West, Rufus Sewell

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Awards

  • Ronald Shedlo

    BAFTA Awards (1996)

     
  • Jonathan Pryce

    Cannes Film Festival (1995)

  • Best Actor

    Chlotrudis Awards (1996)

     
  • Best Actor

    Evening Standard British Film Awards (1996)

  • Outstanding Film

    GLAAD Media Awards (1996)