For Love Alone (1986)

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.

Cast

Helen Buday

Teresa

Sam Neill

James Quick

Hugo Weaving

Jonathan Crow

Huw Williams

Harry

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Andrew

Odile Le Clezio

Kitty