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My Brilliant Career (1979)
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Overrated though attractive slice of nostalgia, based on a novel published in 1901 about a girl from a poor farming family, stuck in the outback and undecided between expectations that she will marry a local landowner and her own resolve to become a writer. The period atmosphere is evoked with careful delicacy, but the characters rarely become more than stereotypes with performances (Judy Davis excepted) to match.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Gillian Armstrong
Producer: Margaret Fink
Cast: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, Pat Kennedy, Aileen Britton full cast
Duration: 100 mins
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