My Brilliant Career

– A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family w..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
1979
My Brilliant Career (1979)

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.

My Brilliant Career (1979) - Trailer

Release Date:

17 Aug 1979

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Director:

Gillian Armstrong

Writer:

Eleanor Witcombe (screenplay), Miles Franklin (novel)

Main Actors:

Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb

Plot:

Sybylla Melvyn is an independent young woman who soon after arriving to live with her Grandmother Bossier and aunt Helen announces that she will never marry and plans on having a career instead. She does attracts the interest of several suitors. The bumbling Englishman Frank Hawdon has only been in Australia for three months and proposes that she return home with him as his wife. She rejects him out of hand telling her grandmother that she does not love him. Then there's her neighbor, the handsome young farmer Harry Beecham, who she is attracted to and eventually accepts his proposal. Time passes however and in the end refuses to marry him while she seeks to become a writer.

Awards:

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 11 wins & 7 nominations.

Production:

Westchester Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%