Looking For Alibrandi
- Original title
- Looking For Alibrandi
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 99 min.
- Country
- Australia
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Melina Marchetta. Novel: Melina Marchetta
- Cast
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- Pia Miranda
- Greta Scacchi
- Anthony LaPaglia
- Matthew Newton
- Elena Cotta
- Kerry Walker
- Kick Gurry
- Leanne Carlow
- Diane Viduka
- Leeanna Walsman
- Michael Gallina
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Family Relationships. Teen/coming-of-age
- Synopsis
- Teenage Australian girl Josephine Alibrandi (Pia Miranda) deals with the traumas of everyday life. These include her difficult relationship with her single mother (Greta Scacchi), the unexpected return of her long-lost father (Anthony LaPaglia), the disapproving nuns at her strict Catholic school, the acceptance of her schoolmates, and romantic dilemmas over two very different boys: rich John Barton (Matthew Newton) and poor Jacob Coote (Kick Gurry).
- Awards
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2000: Australian Film Institute: 5 Awards, including Best Film2001: Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: Best Screenplay and Supp. Actress (Scacchi)
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