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Getting of Wisdom (The)

Country: Australia, Language: English, 101 mins

Archived Trailer: NOT YET REVIEWED | The Culture of Queers | Drama | 1978
  • Director: Bruce Beresford
  • Writer: Henry Handel Richardson; Eleanor Witcombe
  • Producer: Phillip Adams

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Oscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to the screen, Laura Tweedle Rambotham (Susannah Fowle).

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Cast & Characters

Julia Blake as Isabella Shepherd;
Dorothy Bradley as Miss Hicks;
Kay Eklund as Mrs. Rambotham;
Max Fairchild as Mr. O'Donnell;
Jan Friedl as Miss Snodgrass;
Diana Greentree as Maisie Shepherd;
Maggie Kirkpatrick as Sarah;
Monica Maughan as Miss Day;
Candy Raymond as Miss Zielinski;
Terence Donovan as Tom McNamara;
Kerry Armstrong as Kate;
Celia De Burgh as M.P.;
Kim Deacon as Lilith;
Alix Longman as Chinky;
Jo-Anne Moore as Tilly

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076079/