Carrington (film)

Carrington is a 1995 British biographical film written and directed by Christopher Hampton about the life of the English painter Dora Carrington (1893–1932), who was known simply as "Carrington". The screenplay is based on "", the 1967-68 two-volume biography of writer and critic Lytton Strachey (1880–1932) by Michael Holroyd.
Plot.
The film, starring Emma Thompson in the title role, focuses on her unusual relationship with the author Lytton Strachey, played by Jonathan Pryce, as well as with other members of the Bloomsbury Group.
The film is divided into 6 chapters.
Music.
The score of the film was composed by Michael Nyman. It was primarily based upon his "String Quartet No.3", with which Hampton created a temp track, and wanted as a leitmotif for Lytton Strachey. The score is also based on Schubert's String Quintet in C, D. 956, whose Adagio is played during a scene in the film. However, there is also newly composed material for the film, including "Virgin on the roof," which was incorporated into the "String Quartet No. 4", and the theme for Mark Gertler, which is derived from "3 Quartets", which was composed at roughly the same time.
Reception.
Critical reception.
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes retroactively gave the film an approval rating of 54% based on 24 reviews, and an average rating of 6.15/10.
A 2010 review of the film in "The Guardian" summarized the film; "Drawing extensively on its subjects' diaries and letters, Carrington is certainly an accurate historical movie – but not a particularly revealing one." The review graded the movie as A- in historicity and C as entertainment.