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
as Teresa
Sam Neill
as James Quick
Hugo Weaving
as Jonathan Crow
Huw Williams
as Harry
Hugh Keays-Byrne
as Andrew
Odile Le Clezio
as Kitty
John Polson
as Leo
Nicholas Opolski
as Lance
Linden Wilkinson
as Miss Haviland
Jennifer Hagan
as Manette