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Released february 1st, 1980, my brilliant career stars judy davis, sam neill, wendy hughes, robert grubb the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. For her awardwinning breakthrough film, director gillian armstrong drew on teenage author miles franklins novel, a celebrated turnofthetwentiethcentury australian comingofage story, to brashly. A young independent woman who lives with her grandmother and aunt in the countryside rebels against being pressured into marriage and chooses to solely focus on having a career as a writer. To be able to bring such characters to life and, more importantly to the screen, gave me hope that the art of cinema was still alive and well, despite the massive changes brought about in this country by.

It is the first of many novels by stella maria sarah miles franklin 18791954, one of the major australian writers of her time. It was written while she was still a teenager, as a romance to amuse her friends. I wanted to make the statement that the heroine is a full woman who can develop her talents and have a career. Ms armstrong, after completing several more high quality films high tide in australia came to the us and was heralded as one of a wave of. My brilliant career marks the beginning of exactly that for both the film s daring, assured, highspirited australian director, gillian armstrong, and its rambunctious young star. My brilliant career is a 1901 novel written by miles franklin.

When i first watched this film in my teens, i thought sybylla was the most awesome character ever, even a role model, especially for the time and location depicted. National film and sound archive of australia nfsa 2,366 views. Based on the 1901 novel of the same name by miles franklin, it follows a young woman in rural, late 19thcentury australia whose aspirations to become a writer are impeded first by her social circumstance, and later by a budding romance. With judy davis, sam neill, wendy hughes, robert grubb. My brilliant career 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A scene from the nfsa restores digital restoration of my brilliant career 1979. My brilliant career 1979 i want to be a writer youtube.

My brilliant career is a 1979 australian period drama film directed by gillian armstrong, and. Henry lawsons preface to the novel, in which he talks about his ability to judge the painfully real depictions of bush life, versus his inability to comment on the girlishly. The film charts the developing selfawareness of sybylla melvyn judy davis as she grows. Suffused with generous humor and a youthful appetite for experience, my brilliant career is a luminous portrait of an ardently free spirit. My brilliant career is a 1979 australian period drama film directed by gillian armstrong, and starring judy davis, sam neill, and wendy hughes. My brilliant career movie trailer blue underground youtube. Winner of six australian academy awards, including best picture and best director this is the film that became a worldwide sensation and.