Academy Awards 1981 - Nominated - Best Costume Design
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Nominated - Best Actress
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actress
Academy Awards 1981 - Nominated - Best Costume Design
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Nominated - Best Actress
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actor
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Nominated - Best Supporting Actress
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Won - Best Adapted Screenplay
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Won - Best Cinematography
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Won - Best Costume Design
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Won - Best Director
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Won - Best Film
Australian Film Institute Awards 1979 - Won - Best Production Design
BAFTA Awards 1981 - Won - Best Actress
BAFTA Awards 1981 - Won - Best Newcomer
Cannes Film Festival 1979 - Nominated - Palme d'Or
Golden Globe Awards 1981 - Nominated - Best Foreign Film
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 1981 - Won - Best Foreign Film
London Critics Circle Film Awards 1981 - Won - Special Achievement Award
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Film SynopsisBoth 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. Get Involved |
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celebrityRuntime:
100 min.
Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Country:
AUSTRALIA
Language:
English/American
Color:
Color
Certification:
G
Tagline
Sometimes it is the things that bind us, that truly set us free.
Memorable Quotes
Uncle Julius: I see that Furlow has bought himself a very fine bull. Sybylla: That should make a few cows happy!
Sybylla: I think ugly girls should be shot at birth by their parents. It's bad enough being born a girl...but ugly and clever... Aunt Gussie: Oh, fancy you're clever, do you? Sybylla: I rather hope so. I'm done for if I'm not!
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!
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Directed by
Gillian Armstrong
Writing credits
Miles Franklin
Eleanor Whitcombe
Cast
| Alan Hopgood | ||
| Patricia Kennedy | ||
| Peter Whitford | ||
| Judy Davis | ||
| Sam Neill | ||
| Aileen Britton | ||
| Wendy Hughes | ||
| Max Cullen | ||
| Robert Grubb | ||
| Julia Blake | ||
| David Franklin | ||
| Marion Shad | ||
| Aaron Wood | ||
| Sue Davies | ||
| Gordon Piper |
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