Overview

Teresa is a spirited young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of 1930s society, and her father in particular. She fancies her poverty-stricken Latin tutor Johnathan Crow, without realising he merely considers her a pleasant diversion and nothing more, and eventually follows him from Sydney to London. En route she meets the gentle banker James Quick. Whilst navigating her relationships in London, including with a political poet bound for the Spanish Civil War, she experiences a transformation in her understanding of love. Based upon Christina Stead's best-selling Australian novel.

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Cast

Helen Buday

Teresa

Sam Neill

James Quick

Hugo Weaving

Jonathan Crow

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Andrew

Odile Le Clezio

Kitty

John Polson

Leo

Linden Wilkinson

Miss Haviland

Jennifer Hagan

Manette

Judi Farr

Aunt Bea

Anna Lise Phillips

Ann

Naomi Watts

Leo's Girlfriend

Denise Roberts

Mrs. Ashley