My Brilliant Career
A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Released
- 1979
- Country
- Australia
Details
Release year: 1979
Storyline
A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
Top credits
Judy Davis ā Sybylla Melvyn
Sam Neill ā Harry Beecham
Wendy Hughes ā Aunt Helen
Robert Grubb ā Frank Hawdon
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards āDid you know
ā¢ Judy Davis learned the piano for her role in this film and played her own piano solos. Davis is credited for piano playing in the closing credits.
ā¢ Miles Franklin was apparently only sixteen years of age when she wrote her novel 'My Brilliant Career.' However, Franklin was about twenty-one years of age when the novel was first published in 1901.
ā¢ This film is considered one of the key films of the Australian New Wave cinema of the 1970s.
User reviews
Good film - Don't get the Main Character, though
terrific actors
19th century young woman - late 20th century thinking
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
