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.
Emma Thompson
as Dora Carrington
Jonathan Pryce
as Lytton Strachey
Steven Waddington
as Ralph Partridge
Samuel West
as Gerald Brenan
Rufus Sewell
as Mark Gertler
Penelope Wilton
as Lady Ottoline Morrell
Janet McTeer
as Vanessa Bell
Jeremy Northam
as Beacus Penrose
Alex Kingston
as Frances Partridge
Richard Clifford
as Clive Bell
David Ryall
as Mayor
Stephen Boxer
as Military Rep
