My Brilliant Career
- Original title
- My Brilliant Career
- Year
- 1979
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
Australia
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Eleanor Witcombe. Novel: Miles Franklin
- Cast
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- Judy Davis
- Sam Neill
- Wendy Hughes
- Robert Grubb
- Max Cullen
- Aileen Britton
- Peter Whitford
- Patricia Kennedy
- Alan Hopgood
- Julia Blake
- David Franklin
- Gordon Piper
- Basil Clarke
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama
- Synopsis
- Sybylla (Judy Davis) is a headstrong girl growing up in early 20th century Australia, has the opportunity of marriage to a wealthy young man named Harry (Sam Neill) whom she loves, but rejects it in order to maintain her independence, preferring to take a job as governess/housekeeper to the family of an illiterate neighbor to whom her father owes money.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1979: Cannes Film Festival: Nominated for Palme d'Or (Best Film)1980: Nominated for Oscar: Best Costume Design1980: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Foreign Film1980: BAFTA Awards: Best Actress (Judy Davis) & Most Outstanding Newcomer to Film (Davis)
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