Amid the trendy, bohemian scene of London's famed Bloomsbury group, Dora Carrington (Emma Thompson), a talented young artist, first meets bon vivant and writer Lytton Strachey (Jonathan Pryce). The two creative souls are instantly attracted, although Strachey's desires clearly lie elsewhere. The unlikely pair joyously spend colorful days pursuing their arts - and discovering that love works in mysterious ways. But their blissful existence hangs in the balance when Carrington brings home a lover and they suddenly find themselves caught within a bizarre love triangle. As conflicting passions heat to a boiling point, will true love triumph or will Carrington lose her one and only soul mate forever?