My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career (1979)

Genres - Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Biopic [feature], Feminist Film, Period Film  |   Release Date - Aug 17, 1979 (USA - Unknown), Oct 6, 1979 (USA)  |   Run Time - 98 min.  |   Countries - Australia, United States  |   MPAA Rating - G
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Synopsis by Paul Brenner

Both actress Judy Davis and director Gillian Armstrong made a big splash on the international scene with this charming Australian film that examines late 19th century Australian society from the perspective of a headstrong woman who refuses to follow convention. The film charts the developing self-awareness of Sybylla Melvyn (Judy Davis) as she grows from an insecure tomboy to a self-assured woman. Sybylla wants to be a writer and stuns her family and friends by her insistence on following her dream. Despite the objections of her family acquaintances, she rejects the marriage proposal from the rich Harry Beecham (Sam Neill) to continue going her own way, in spite of the odds stacked against her in a repressive Victorian environment.

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battle-of-the-sexes, career, coming-of-age, family, identity, independence, marriage, nonconformity, wilderness, woman, writing

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High Artistic Quality, High Production Values