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For Love Alone

1986 · 1h 42m · Drama, Romance · Australia · Rated PG (AU)

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.

Written & directed by
Stephen Wallace
Based on the novel by
Christina Stead
Starring
Helen Buday, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Huw Williams
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