It is a powerful rumination on atavistic Australia, sexism and classism, and a sensitive portrait of a woman destined to think outside the box… The film itself is a kind of free spirit, and one that has made an indelible print on Australian cinema. “There’s no wonder My Brilliant Career is cited as a milestone in Australian feminist cinema. Gillian Armstorng has gone on to direct films in Hollywood including Little Women (1994) and Charlotte Grey (starring Cate Blanchett). It won several Australian film awards, was nominated for an Academy Award and played at Cannes. It was books, four of them: Regency Buck and The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer, The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen, and My Brilliant Career by Miles.
It’s a coming-of-age story that reflects the struggle for women’s rights and freedom at the time. The film follows her life as she balances her love for two men and her desire for independence, education and a career in writing, which conflicts with the expectations and conventions of her family and society. It was written while she was still a teenager, as a romance to amuse her friends. It is the first of many novels by Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (18791954), one of the major Australian writers of her time. Centred around a brilliant lead performance by Australian icon Judy Davis and with a supporting turn by our own Sam Neill, it was recently restored by the Australian Film and Sound Archive.īased on the 1901 novel of the same name by Stella Miles Franklin, My Brilliant Career tells the story of a young woman, Sybylla Melvyn (Davis), who lives in rural Australia in the late 19th century. My Brilliant Career is a 1901 novel written by Miles Franklin. Our Australian Cinema series kicks off with My Brilliant Career, a classic of the Australian New Wave. Gillian Armstrong | Australia | 1979 Director: Gillian Armstrong
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