After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Ralph Fiennes
as Oscar Hopkins
Cate Blanchett
as Lucinda Leplastrier
Ciarán Hinds
as Reverend Dennis Hasset
Tom Wilkinson
as Hugh Stratton
Richard Roxburgh
as Mr. Jeffries
Christian Manon
as Mr. Tomasetti
Clive Russell
as Theophilus
Barnaby Kay
as Wardley-Fish
Linda Bassett
as Betty Stratton
Geoffrey Rush
as Narrator (voice)
Basil Clarke
as Elderly Parishoner
Andrea Moor
as Miss Shaddock
