A young independent woman who lives with her grandmother and aunt in the countryside rebels against being pressured into marriage and chooses to solely focus on having a career as a writer. Nevertheless, two suitors propose to her.
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| Judy Davis | ... | Sybylla Melvyn | |
| Sam Neill | ... | Harry Beecham | |
| Wendy Hughes | ... | Aunt Helen | |
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Robert Grubb | ... | Frank Hawdon |
| Max Cullen | ... | Mr. McSwatt | |
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Aileen Britton | ... | Grandma Bossier |
| Peter Whitford | ... | Uncle Julius | |
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Patricia Kennedy | ... | Aunt Gussie |
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Alan Hopgood | ... | Father |
| Julia Blake | ... | Mother | |
| David Franklin | ... | Horace | |
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Marion Shad | ... | Gertie |
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Arron Wood | ... | Stanley (as Aaron Wood) |
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Sue Davies | ... | Aurora |
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Gordon Piper | ... | Barman |
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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. Written by garykmcd
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Sometimes it is the things that bind us, that truly set us free. See more »Parents Guide:
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17 August 1979 (Australia) See more »Also Known As:
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AUD 800,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Greater Union Organisation (GUO),Margaret Fink Productions,New South Wales Film Corp. See more »
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Sybylla: Possum Gully, Australia. 1897. Dear fellow countrymen, just a few lines 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 apology for being egotistical... because I am!
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Publicity for this film stated that producer Margaret Fink and director Gillian Armstrong both felt that this film should be directed by a woman, "...especially since Miles Franklin was such a strong feminist. Miles believed in women doing things on their own, and I always felt she would prefer a woman to make her story." See more »Quotes
[first lines]Sybylla: Possum Gully, Australia. 1897. Dear fellow countrymen, just a few lines 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 apology for being egotistical... because I am!
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The previous comment suggested fast-forwarding through the movie to the denouement. If you do this you will lack a true understanding of just how important the choices made in the end are to the character Sybylla.
Unless you watch a movie in its entirety you cannot say you have truly seen the movie. A movie may also move at a pace that you are not used to and the pace of a specific film is chosen for a reason. If the viewer stops to think about just why the final cut moved at that pace he or she may glean something quite important about that particular film.
Beauty is in the eye of beholder. Australia does not possess (in the area where this movie was filmed) bold colors and subtlety was what was wont for this film.
I rated it quite highly for many reasons including Judy Davis' acting, the strength with which the director was able to convey its message, the strong supporting cast, the exquisite shots (particularly in their composition) often lengthy in duration that so wonderfully show what action/adventure films cannot including again subtlety, nuance and the ability to make the viewer actually think-both during and for long after the film is viewed