A Girl's own story

Australia, 1984

Film

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Set in the Beatlemania of the 1960s, this is a stylised account of girlhood - where perversion is innocent, family is strange and adulthood lonely. From the director of ‘The Piano’ (1993) and ‘In the Cut’ (2003). Original format 16mm/black and white.
WARNING: Some scenes may cause offence to some viewers.

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Credits

director

Jane Campion

production company

AFTRS

Duration

00:25:20:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

Appears in

Group of items

AFTRS top 100 films. Compile 8

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1006979

Language

English

Audience classification

Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

MPEG-2 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam; Master

Digital Betacam; Sub-master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

Wikidata

Q4657008

Collected

9 times

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