

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