For Love Alone (1986)
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Christina Stead's novel For Love Alone was a best-seller in Australia, but remains essentially unknown to the outside world. The same can be said for this 1986 film version, likewise a homegrown Australian product. Set in the 1930s, the film stars Helen Buhay as a starry-eyed young girl chafing… More Christina Stead's novel For Love Alone was a best-seller in Australia, but remains essentially unknown to the outside world. The same can be said for this 1986 film version, likewise a homegrown Australian product. Set in the 1930s, the film stars Helen Buhay as a starry-eyed young girl chafing under the oppressive attitudes of society in general and her father in particular. She kicks over the traces to enter into a romance with college Latin professor Hugo Weaving. Still not realizing that Weaving considers her a pleasant diversion and nothing more, Helen nearly misses out on a chance for happiness with liberal-minded banker Sam Neill. Once she's settled down with Neill, the idealistic Buhay is smitten by another aesthete, poet Huw Williams. Neill encourages this affair, hoping that Buhay will eventually realize that there's more to true love than mere sexual impulsiveness. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Stephen Wallace
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
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Cast
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Helen Buday
as Teresa Hawkins
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Sam Neill
as James Quick
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Hugo Weaving
as Jonathan Crow
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Hugh Keays-Byrne
as Andrew Hawkins
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Odile Le Clezio
as Kitty
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Linden Wilkinson
as Miss Haviland
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Judi Farr
as Aunt Bea
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Anna Lise Phillips
as Ann
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Regina Gaigalas
as Jean
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John Polson
as Leo Hawkins
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Nicholas Opolski
as Lance Hawkins
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Naomi Watts
as Leo's Girlfriend
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Jill Clayton
as Aunt Di
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Renee Wray
as Landlady
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Jennifer Hagan
as Manette
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Fiona Stewart
as 1st Teacher
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Anna North
as Lucy
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Denise Roberts
as English Barmaid
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Tracey Higginson
as Malfi
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Huw Christie Williams
as Harry Girton
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Susie Lindeman
as Clara
