My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career is an Australian drama film from 1979 drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong. The film is based on the 1901 novel of the same name by Australian author Miles Franklin. ==Synopsis[ Edit] == Sybylla Melvyn is a poor woman from an Australian farming family at the beginning of the 20th century. They have to choose whether they will marry the local landowner or will work on a career as a writer. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] ==
 * Judy Davis: Sybylla Melvyn
 * Sam Neill: Harry Beecham
 * Wendy Hughes: Aunt Helen
 * Robert Grubb: Frank Hawdon
 * Max Cullen: Mr. McSwatt
 * Aileen Britton: Grandmother Bossier
 * Peter Whitford: Uncle Julius
 * Patricia Kennedy: Aunt Gussie
 * Alan Hopgood: Father
 * Julia Blake: Mother
 * David Franklin: Horace
 * Marion Shad: Gertie
 * Aaron Wood: Stanley
 * Sue Davies: Aurora
 * Gordon Piper: Bartender
 * Simone Buchanan: Mary-Anne