Looking for Alibrandi (2000)

Directed by

Kate Woods

Genre

drama film, coming-of-age film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

M

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl in Sydney navigates her final year of high school while dealing with her strict Italian-Australian family and the return of the father she never knew.

warmemotionalintrospectivebittersweethopefulrelatablegroundedfamily-centered

What happens

Looking for Alibrandi is a 2000 Australian coming-of-age film directed by Kate Woods and written by Melina Marchetta (which she adapted from her 1992 novel of the same name). The film is set in 1990s Sydney, New South Wales, and features a cast of Australian actors, including Pia Miranda as Josephine Alibrandi, the film's main character; Anthony LaPaglia as her father, Michael Andretti, who left her and her mother before her birth; and Kick Gurry as Josie's love interest, Jacob Coote. The film won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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