For Love Alone (1986)
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Directed by: Stephen Wallace
Writing credits: Christina Stead (novel), Stephen Wallace
Country: Australia
on VHS
Cast
| Helen Buday | ... |
Teresa
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| Sam Neill | ... |
James Quick
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| Hugo Weaving | ... |
Johnathan Crow
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| Huw Williams | ... |
Harry
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| Hugh Keays-Byrne | ... |
Andrew
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| Odile Le Clezio | ... |
Kitty
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| John Polson | ... |
Leo
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| Nicholas Opolski | ... |
Lance
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| Judi Farr | ... |
Aunt Bea
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| Anna Phillips | ... |
Anne
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| Tracey Higginson | ... |
Malfi
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| Regina Gaigalas | ... |
Jean
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| Naomi Watts | ... |
Leo's Girlfriend
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| Linden Wilkinson | ... |
Miss Haviland
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| Susie Lindeman | ... |
Clare
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Plot
A poor young woman in 1930's Australia (Buday) falls in love with a dashing but arrogant teacher (Weaving) who preaches free love and watered down socialist precepts. She follows him to England, meeting a gentle banker (Neill) enroute. The film follows her relationships as they are transformed in England.
Quotes
"You women with your high ideals of love and romance: you;re your own worst enemy. Your image of marriage and your find emotions are not for me. I come from the slums where we don't have such 'ideals': we marry early and have a family"
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"I was born into the wrong class: no property, no family influence; just willpower"
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"I could have made you a bet about all this: about women's degrading greed for men"
