Portrait of a Marriage

Five years into her marriage Vita Sackville-West has an affair with Violet Keppel.

Vita and her Violet cross to France, enjoying masquerading as a honeymooning couple.

Vita has returned to gossip. The affair seems doomed. At same time Violet is being pressured to marry Denys and the only alternative is elopment and a public scandal.

Vita and Violet run away to France pursued by their husbands, Harold and Denys.