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Nights Belong To The Novelist, The

Year of completion: 1987
Content type: Documentary
Format: Short
Genre: Arts, Culture
Duration: 48 minutes
Production Status: Completed

This documentary explores the imaginative world of Australian novelist Elizabeth Jolley. It combines readings, dramatised segments, and witty and playful interviews in which Jolley talks about the craft and practical problems of writing, and her fictional treatment of old age, women's relationships, exile and displacement. Dramatic sequences bring to life Jolley's unforgettable characters. We see the funny, sad and bizarre worlds created in 'Woman in lampshade', 'Milk and Honey', 'Miss Peabody's Inheritance', 'Mr Scobies' Riddle' and 'Palamino'.

Completion Year: 1987
Genres: Arts, Culture
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

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1987 — Chicago International Film Festival

1988 — Montreal World Film Festival

1987 — Australian Film Institute

1988 — Australian Cinematographers Society Awards National

1988 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc

1987 — Melbourne International Film Festival

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1987 — Chicago International Film Festival

1987 — Figueira Da Foz

1988 — Montreal World Film Festival

1987 — Tyneside Int Film Fest

1987 — Edinburgh International Film Festival

1987 — Australian Film Institute

1987 — Melbourne International Film Festival

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Nights Belong To The Novelist, The

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