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A gem sparkling with humour and intelligence and radiating with the warmth of unsentimental understanding. SCREEN INTERNATIONAL.A joy to behold! FRED YEAGER, ASSOCIATED PRESS. 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 to the screen, Laura Tweedle Rambothan (Susannah Fowle).Chronicling her stormy passage through the sedate halls of an expensive Melbourne finishing school, THE GETTING OF WISDOM delivers a rich and amusing portrait of an imaginative country girl who refuses to be broken to fit the mould of a Victorian-era young lady.Based on the immortal best seller by Henry Handel Richardson, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Bruce Beresford (Don's Party, Breaker Morant), and boasting top-class performances from Barry Humphries, John Waters and future stars Sigrid Thornton and Kerry Armstrong, THE GETTING OF WISDOM is an Australian cinema classic.
Year: 1977
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Susannah Fowle, Hilary Ryan, Terence Donovan
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Since its inception in 2001, Umbrella has amassed a back catalogue of over 1,500 titles across cinema releases and television programmes. It's a library which boasts the largest collection of celebrated Australian films & TV shows in the country, and, one of the most vibrant selections of genre, foreign language and art house films & TV shows ever produced.
Visit www.umbrellaent.com.au for a virtual smorgasbord of exuberant and dynamic content reflective of the drive and passion Umbrella Entertainment has for the industry.
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The Getting Of Wisdom
A gem sparkling with humour and intelligence and radiating with the warmth of unsentimental understanding. SCREEN INTERNATIONAL.A joy to behold! FRED YEAGER, ASSOCIATED PRESS. 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 to the screen, Laura Tweedle Rambothan (Susannah Fowle).Chronicling her stormy passage through the sedate halls of an expensive Melbourne finishing school, THE GETTING OF WISDOM delivers a rich and amusing portrait of an imaginative country girl who refuses to be broken to fit the mould of a Victorian-era young lady.Based on the immortal best seller by Henry Handel Richardson, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Bruce Beresford (Don's Party, Breaker Morant), and boasting top-class performances from Barry Humphries, John Waters and future stars Sigrid Thornton and Kerry Armstrong, THE GETTING OF WISDOM is an Australian cinema classic.
Year: 1977
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Susannah Fowle, Hilary Ryan, Terence Donovan
Subscribe: youtube.com/channel/UCadhU_V17tZia6mvQSYn-tg?sub_confirmation=1
Umbrella Entertainment is a 100% Australian owned and operated distributor of filmed entertainment that specialises in handling a vibrant range of content from theatrical exhibition right through to home entertainment, public broadcast and ancillary performances.
Since its inception in 2001, Umbrella has amassed a back catalogue of over 1,500 titles across cinema releases and television programmes. It's a library which boasts the largest collection of celebrated Australian films & TV shows in the country, and, one of the most vibrant selections of genre, foreign language and art house films & TV shows ever produced.
Visit www.umbrellaent.com.au for a virtual smorgasbord of exuberant and dynamic content reflective of the drive and passion Umbrella Entertainment has for the industry.
To Rent/Buy Umbrella’s Films on YouTube, visit:
youtube.com/user/UmbrellaMoviesAU
For more information about us and our Catalogue, visit the websites under Links.
#drama
The Getting Of Wisdom
