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My Brilliant Career 100 minutes, Australia (1979), U
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Judy Davis and Sam Neill lead this multi-award winning coming-of-age drama set in Australia at the start of the last century. An ambitious young girl dreams of becoming a writer but circumstances conspire against her

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My Brilliant Career: Based on the novel by Miles Franklin this quietly powerful drama launched the careers of Davis, Neill and director Gillian Armstrong and remains a high point in the great Aussie film renaissance of the late 70s.

Sybylla Melvyn (Davies) is the oldest daughter of impoverished New South Wales farmers...
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