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
Judi Farr
as Aunt Bea
Anna Lise Phillips
as Ann
