Mary is a middle aged spinster with a successful career and financial security. Then she meets a young labourer whose physical beauty appears unmarred by the experiences of the modern world. Although they are worlds apart in age, background and intelligence, Mary and Tim discover a love that transcends convention and prejudice.
"Mary Horton mène une existence solitaire dans sa villa sur la plage de Sydney. Cadre dans une compagnie d'extraction minière, elle n'a vécu que pour réussir. Sa vie va être bouleversée par sa rencontre avec le jeune Tim Melville, qui devient son jardinier."
"A spinster in her forties find herself attracted to a mentally-retarded young man whom she agrees to care for in the event of his father's death."
"Mary is a middle aged spinster with a successful career and financial security. Then she meets a young labourer whose physical beauty appears unmarred by the experiences of the modern world. Although they are worlds apart in age, background and intelligence, Mary and Tim discover a love that transcends convention and prejudice."@en
"De vriendschap tussen een welgestelde oude vrijster en een jongere, zeer zwakbegaafde werkman groeit uit tot liefde."
"A highly intelligent, lonely, middle-aged spinster finds pure and innocent love in the arms of a simple-minded, young laborer."@en
"Tim Melville is a twenty-five year old labourer who is 'not the full quid' (as he describes himself), yet he has the body and face of a Greek God. Mary Horton is forty-three, straight-laced, single, works too hard and has no plans to let anybody into her solitary life. And then, by chance one summer morning she meets Tim -- a gentle outcast in a cruel, unbending world -- and her life changes completely. TIM is a touching story of a friendship and ultimately a love that trascends convention and prejudice."@en
"Etrange idylle australienne entre une femme mûre et un jeune homme mentalement retardé. A fait l'objet d'un film émouvant. [SDM]."
"Mary Horton, a self-sufficient spinster, and Tim Melville, with the mind of a trusting child, create their own world of love."@en
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