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

Judi Farr
Aunt Bea

Anna Lise Phillips
Ann

Bonhoeffer: Holy Traitor
Bonhoeffer: Holy Traitor

Jons und Erdme
Jons und Erdme

The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi
L'Inverno
L'Inverno

Nanking
Nanking

Cabaret
Cabaret

The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson

In My Dreams
In My Dreams

The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera

Tea with Mussolini
Tea with Mussolini

Angela's Ashes
Angela's Ashes

Places in the Heart
Places in the Heart