Set in 1918 Vita and Harold are a golden couple who socialised in high society literary circles and who friends included Virginia Woolf and TS Elliot. Starring Janet McTeer (Songcather The Govenor) David Haig (Keeping mum Campion) and Cathryn Harrison (Original Sin Wuthering Heights) This adaptation of 'Portrait of a Marriage' won 3 Bafta Awards.
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. In 1918, Sir Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West are a golden couple. He is destined for a high rank in the diplomatic corps; she is the daughter of Lord and Lady Sackville, a successful novelist and creative gardener in her own right. They are also both part of the famous Bloomsbury Group. However, five years in, their marriage is about to reach crisis point. Harold confesses to having affairs with men, but swears his only true passion is Vita. She accepts this, but when her childhood friend Violet Keppel arrives, declaring her love for Vita, the two women find themselves in an intense sexual relationship. As their affair becomes more passionate and all-consuming, the tension rises in Vita and Harold's marriage. While he is torn between his love for Vita and his hatred for her lover, she is seriously considering jettisoning her social and material status and eloping with Violet to live together in Paris... Actors Janet McTeer, David Haig, Cathryn Harrison, Diana Fairfax, Peter Birch, Chris Walker, Alexander Pearce, Madeline Blakeney, Judy Elrington, Nicola Hammett & Hannah Cresswell Director Stephen Whittaker Certificate 15 years and over Year 1990 Screen Fullscreen 4:3 Languages English - Dolby (2.0) Stereo Duration 3 hours and 40 minutes (approx)
Drama following the scandalous relationship between historian, Harold Nicolson (David Haig) , novelist, Vita Sackville-West (Janet McTeer), and her lover, Violet Keppel (Cathryn Harrison), in post WWI England. Sir Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West appear to have the perfect marriage, but beneath the glossy veneer, Nicolson (Haig) is a fervent homosexual, constantly away from home, pursuing new conquests. Vita (McTeer), happy at first to go along with her husband's indiscretions, soon develops a relationship of her own with her childhood friend, Keppel (Harrison), causing tensions to rise in her marriage, and forcing her to consider moving to Paris with her lover.
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