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Writers:
Miles Franklin (novel)
Eleanor Witcombe (writer)
Release Date:
17 August 1979 (Australia) more
Tagline:
Sometimes it is the things that bind us, that truly set us free. more
Plot:
The heroine, Sybylla (Davis), a headstrong girl growing up in early 20th century Australia, has the... more | full synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 11 wins & 7 nominations more
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A quiet, rewarding story of a young woman's ambition more (30 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Judy Davis | ... | Sybylla Melvyn |
 | Sam Neill | ... | Harry Beecham |
 | Wendy Hughes | ... | Aunt Helen |
| Robert Grubb | ... | Frank Hawdon |
| Max Cullen | ... | Mr. McSwatt |
| Aileen Britton | ... | Grandma Bossier |
| Peter Whitford | ... | Uncle Julius |
| Patricia Kennedy | ... | Aunt Gussie |
| Alan Hopgood | ... | Father |
| Julia Blake | ... | Mother |
 | David Franklin | ... | Horace |
| Marion Shad | ... | Gertie |
| Aaron Wood | ... | Stanley |
| Sue Davies | ... | Aurora |
| Gordon Piper | ... | Barman |
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100 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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'Davis, Judy' played her own piano solos. more
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Sybylla: Dear fellow countrymen, just a few words to let you know that this story is going to be all about me. So, in answer to many requests, here is the story of my career... here is the story, of my career...my brilliant career. I make no apologies for sounding egotistical...because I am! more
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Featured in "20 to 1: Great Aussie Movies (#3.5)" (2006) more
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Judy Davis is Sybylla, a girl of the Australian outback around 1909. As portrayed by Davis, in her breakthrough role, Sybylla is a font of boundless energy wanting desperately to escape the backwardness of her young life. Sam Neill, also in one of the significant early roles of his career, is likewise charming as the young man who presents her with a tempting alternative to her ambition to become a writer and escape the frontier life forever.
This is not a great or epic story, certainly, but it is a quiet, rewarding story of a young woman's quest for a better life. A worthy entry among the films that marked the ascendancy of the "Australian Renaissance" in film-making during the 1970s; director Armstrong would go on to make such films as "Mrs. Soffel" and the 1994 "Little Women."