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Aug 17, 1979 · My Brilliant Career: Directed by Gillian Armstrong. With Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb. A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
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 is a 1901 novel written by Miles Franklin. It is the first of many novels by Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (1879–1954), one of the major Australian writers of her time.
A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence. Sybylla Melvyn is an independent young woman who soon after arriving to live with her grandmother, and aunt announces she'll never marry and plans on having a career instead.
Growing up in the Australian outback, creative and headstrong Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) dreams of becoming a famous writer despite long odds and the objections of her family.
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My Brilliant Career. For her award-winning breakthrough film, director Gillian Armstrong drew on teenage author Miles Franklin’s novel, a celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to brashly upend the conventions of period romance.
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My Brilliant Career. Criterion Collection Edition #973. For her award-winning breakthrough film, director Gillian Armstrong drew on teenage author Miles Franklin’s novel, a celebrated turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australian coming-of-age story, to brashly upend the conventions of period romance.
My Brilliant Career. Gillian Armstrong's acclaimed masterpiece stars Judy Davis as Sybylla Melbyn, the eldest daughter of an impoverished New South Wales farming family. Bold...
