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Sybylla Melvyn, born to poverty on an outback farm, is determined to fulfil her life and have not just a career, but a 'brilliant' one. This moving and dramatic love story follows her early years and the writing of her novel My Brilliant Career. Based on the novel by Miles Franklin.

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Cast & Crew & Production Details

Cast
Judy Davis - Sam Neill - Wendy Hughes - Pat Kennedy - Robert Grubb - Max Cullen - Aileen Britton - Peter Whitford - Carole Kinner - Alan Hopgood - Julia Blake - Tony Hughes - Tina Robinson - Aaron Corrin - Sharon Crouch - Robert Austin - Mark Spain - Simone Buchanan - Hayley Anderson - David Franklin - Marion Schad - Aaron Wood - Max Meldrum
Production Company
Margaret Fink Films Pty Ltd
International Sales
Margaret Fink Films Pty Ltd

Awards & Festivals

  • Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film - UCLA
    (1996)
  • Strictly Oz Event
    (1996)
  • Australia On Screen - Hong Kong
    (1996)
  • Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film
    (1995)
  • Moscow International Film Festival
    (1991)
  • Centre Georges Pompidou, Australian - Pompidou Event
    (1991)
  • Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    (1981)
  • British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    (1981)
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    (1981)
  • Variety Club of Australia
    (1980)
  • Australian Film Institute
    (1979)