For Love Alone

The time - the early 1930s. The woman - Teresa Hawkins, 20; her occupation University student. Her degree - love. She studies it with a passion. It is all consuming. She is obsessed. In the 1930s women were not supposed to believe in free love and independence. But that doesn’t stop Teresa. Helen Buday gives an outstanding performance as a woman years ahead of her time. Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving and Huw Williams play three of the men who become part of her passionate life. Based on the novel by Christina Stead.

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Credits

director

Stephen Wallace

producer

Margaret Fink

production company

Australian Film Commission

Western Film Productions

Duration

01:42:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324830

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q5466776

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Australia, 1986

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