For Love Alone

For Love Alone
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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	Western Film Productions
Release date	22 May 1986 (AUS)
Running time	102 minutes
Land	Australien

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 1945 novel of the same name by Christina Stead. The film marked the screen debut of Naomi Watts.

Plot

In the 1930s, Teresa (Buday) is a naive young woman dealing with the oppressive attitudes of society and her father's austere ways. She has a fling with university Latin professor Johnathan Crow (Weaving). It takes her a while to figure out that he will not get serious with 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 impulsivity.

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

External links

• For Love Alone at IMDb
• For Love Alone at AllMovie