For Love Alone
| For Love Alone | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Stephen Wallace |
| Written by | Screenplay: Stephen Wallace Novel: Christina Stead |
| Produced by | Margaret Fink David Thomas |
| Starring | Helen Buday Sam Neill Hugo Weaving |
| Cinematography | Alun Bollinger |
| Edited by | Henry Dangar |
| Music by | Nathan Waks |
Production company | |
Release date | 22 May 1986 (AUS) |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country |  Australia |
For Love Alone is a 1986 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace and starring Helen Buday, Hugo Weaving and Sam Neill. The screenplay was written by Wallace, based on the novel of the same name by Christina Stead. The film marked the screen debut of Naomi Watts.[1]
Plot
In the 1930s, Teresa (Buhay) is a naive young women dealing with the oppressive attitudes of society her father austere ways. She has a fling with college Latin professor Johnathan Crow (Weaving). It takes here awhile to figure out that he will not get serious about her. Helen then starts dating liberal-minded banker James Quick (Neill). Once she's settled down with Neill, the idealistic Helen becomes enamored with another intellectual, poet Harry (Williams). Quick encourages the affair, hoping that Helen will come to realize that there's more to true love than mere sexual impulsiveness.
Principal cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Helen Buday | Teresa |
| [[Sam Neill | James Quick |
| Hugo Weaving | Johnathan Crow |
| Huw Williams | Harry |
| Hugh Keays-Byrne | Andrew |
| Odile Le Clezio | Kitty |
| Naomi Watts | Leo's girlfriend |
| Susie Lindeman | Clara |