Carrington
A film by Christopher Hampton
French release May 18 2004Synopsis
1915. The war is raging in Europe, but the artists and writers of bohemian London continue to live and feast as if nothing was wrong, light-heartedly defying the Victorian morals, scoffing at the pompous declarations of politicians and the conformity of bourgeois painters and sculptors. One beautiful winter afternoon, the writer Lytton Strachey, a bachelor, obviously gay, leaves for the South of England to visit Virginia Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell and her husband, Clive.
Cast
Lytton : Jonathan Pryce
Gertler : Rufus Sewell
Carrington : Emma Thompson
Partridge : Steven Waddington
Brenan : Samuel West
Crew
Director: Christopher Hampton
Set Designer: Caroline Amies
Screenplay: Christopher Hampton
Cinematography: Denis Lenoir
Music: Michael Nyman
Film Editor: Gregor Akers
Produced by Ronald Shello, John McGrath
Production information
A Freeway/Shello Production, Cinéa, Pyramide Productions, Studio Canal
Technical information
Great Britain - France
Year of production : 1995
Length : 121 mn
Festivals and awards
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 1995 - Competition: Jury Prize, Best Actor (Jonathan Pryce)