Two Loves (1961)

Americanborn Anna Vorontosov teaches school in a remote primitive section of northern New Zealand Her experimental teaching methods have won her the love and affection of her pupils and their parents and the admiration of the unhappily married school inspector Abercrombie Her personal life however is less secure frightened of love and sexually inhibited she has always been aloof with men Eager to break down this barrier is Englishman Paul Lathrope a somewhat irrational and immature fellow teacher who aspires to be a singer Though Anna is attracted to him she refuses to submit to his advances