My Brilliant Career
MY BRILLIANT CAREER
40th ANNIVERSARY
Feature: (1979) Gillian Armstrong (dir) 100mins
Drama, Classification U
Exclusive pre-recorded introduction from director
Gillian Armstrong
The student short film
BOO and the UPSTAIRS MAN
Director: Marcus Matthews (VCA)
precedes the main feature
Australian snacks will be on sale - cash only
Saturday 29 June 2019
2pm
Regent Street Cinema
THE FEATURE
MY BRILLIANT CAREER
CAST: Judy Davis, Sam Neill
CAST: Judy Davis, Sam Neill
The London Australian Film Festival are proud to have presented a special 40th anniversary screening of Gillian Armstrong’s (Oscar & Lucinda) masterful feature debut, which has been stunningly restored by Australia's National Film and Sound Archive.
A free-spirited young woman growing up in late 19th century Australia, Sybylla (Judy Davis, Passage to India, The Dressmaker) is determined to be a writer, and dreams of a life beyond her family’s quiet country farm.
Sent to board with her grandmother and learn proper manners and behaviour, she finds herself falling for well-to-do childhood friend Harry Beecham (Sam Neill, Jurassic Park). Resisting both his charm and various efforts to force her into conforming to gender expectations, Sybylla is determined to ignore her heart & stay on her own path.
Produced by Margaret Fink and adapted for the screen by Eleanor Witcombe (from Miles Franklin's classic semi-autobiographical novel), and providing breakthrough roles for Davis and Neill, this landmark of Australian cinema traces the burgeoning career of a woman who bucked all the conventions to become one of Australia’s most respected authors.
“a powerful rumination on atavistic Australia, sexism and classism, and a sensitive portrait of a woman destined to think outside the box.”
– Luke Buckmaster (Guardian)
FROM THE FESTIVAL PROGRAMMING TEAM
After revisiting this film, we’re sure you’ll agree it’s not hard to see why its two lead actors have had such amazing careers & why this film set Cannes abuzz at its debut – Davis & Neill absolutely fizz off the screen thanks to Gillian Armstrong’s amazing direction.
INCLUDED IN THE TICKET
A student short film will precede the main feature
Exclusive pre-recorded introduction
Raffles sold on the night - cash only
Australian snacks and lollies (sweets) will be on sale - cash only.