After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
Cate Blanchett | Lucinda Leplastrier | |
Ciarán Hinds | Reverend Dennis Hasset | |
Tom Wilkinson | Hugh Stratton | |
Richard Roxburgh | Mr. Jeffries | |
Christian Manon | Mr. Tomasetti | |
Clive Russell | Theophilus |
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