Directed by Bruce Beresford • 1977 • Australia
Starring Susannah Fowle, Hilary Ryan, John Waters
Told with a delicate blend of satire and nostalgia, this award-winning coming-of-age tale introduces one of Australian literature’s most beloved characters, Laura Tweedle Rambothan (Susannah Fowle), to the screen. Chronicling her stormy passage through the sedate halls of an expensive Melbourne finishing school, this captivating adaptation of the classic best seller by Henry Handel Richardson delivers a rich and amusing portrait of an imaginative country girl who refuses to be broken to fit the mold of a Victorian-era young lady.
Directed by Phillip Noyce • 1978 • Australia
Starring Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood
This sweeping look at Australian social change traces nearly a decade of upheaval from the late forties through the midfifties, as experienced by two daredevil newsreel cameramen and brothers (Bill Hun...
Directed by Colin Eggleston • 1978 • Australia
Starring John Hargreaves, Briony Behets
Nature fights back in a tense, terrifying Ozploitation classic with an urgent ecological message. Attempting to resurrect their failing marriage, Peter (John Hargreaves) and Marcia (Briony Behets) set out on a...
Directed by Fred Schepisi • 1978 • Australia
Starring Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett
One of the most powerful films to address Australia’s history of racism and exploitation of its Indigenous people, Fred Schepisi’s acclaimed adaptation of the novel by Thomas Keneally follows the down...
