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.
Helen Buday
Teresa
Sam Neill
James Quick
Hugo Weaving
Jonathan Crow
Huw Williams
Harry
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Andrew
Odile Le Clezio
Kitty
John Polson
Leo
Nicholas Opolski
Lance
Linden Wilkinson
Miss Haviland
Jennifer Hagan
Manette
Judi Farr
Aunt Bea
Anna Lise Phillips
Ann
Tracey Higginson
Malfi
Regina Gaigalas
Jean
Naomi Watts
Leo's Girlfriend
