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.
Ralph Fiennes
Cate Blanchett
Ciarán Hinds
Tom Wilkinson
Richard Roxburgh
Christian Manon
Clive Russell
Barnaby Kay
Linda Bassett
Geoffrey Rush
Basil Clarke
Andrea Moor
Bille Brown
Josephine Byrnes
Barry Otto
Polly Cheshire
Gillian Jones
Robert Menzies
Adam Hayes
Matyelok Gibbs
Sonia Ritter
Will Barton
Jonathan Markwood
Nicholas Tennant
Sam Newman
Nicholas Fordham
Peter Whitford
Lynette Curran
Ron Blanchard
Colin Taylor
Michelle Doake
Karen Vickery
Elspeth MacTavish
Leverne McDonnell
Geoff Morrell
Douglas Hedge
Tobias Saunders
Marianne Borgo
Vanessa Seydoux
Leslie Dayman