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Looking For Alibrandi (1999)

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Original classification rating: M. This clip chosen to be PG

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Josie (Pia Miranda) and her friends Sara (Leanne Carlow) and Anna (Diane Viduka) escape from ‘Tomato Day’ at Josie’s grandmother’s house to go to the beach. Josie’s mother Christina (Greta Scacchi) gives her a mouthful at home later for running around Bondi ‘half naked’. Josie senses that something is wrong. Christina finally admits that Josie’s father Michael Andretti is back in Sydney for a year, from Adelaide.

Curator’s notes

by Paul Byrnes

A distinguishing characteristic of the first half of the film is the intense energy with which it is played. The film captures the flavour of a girl in her late teens exploding with promise and life. Pia Miranda brings great joy to the role, and an equal measure of turbulent emotion. One of Josephine’s defining characteristics is that she never backs down. Nor do her mother and grandmother, which makes their confrontations memorable and sometimes bruising. Josie is continually testing the limits of what she can say – and sometimes she goes too far, as in clip two when she wounds her grandmother’s feelings.

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