Looking for Alibrandi

2000

103 mins

Directed by Kate Woods
78%
Drama
Romance

An Australian-Italian teenager navigates her complicated family life and self-identity in director Kate Woods' adaptation of Melina Marchetta's coming-of-age novel.... More

An Australian-Italian teenager navigates her complicated family life and self-identity in director Kate Woods' adaptation of Melina Marchetta's coming-of-age novel. Winner of five awards, including Best Film, at the 2000 Australian Film Institute.

In her final year of school, Josie Alibrandi (Pia Miranda) runs into a car-crash of social problems. Her relationship with her single mother (Greta Scacchi) is on the rocks, she's copping racial slurs from a fellow student, two different boys present two different romantic woes, and her absent father (Anthony LaPaglia) suddenly appears in Josie's life. Fortunately, her Nonna (Elena Cotta) is always by her side.

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Looking for Alibrandi | Ratings & Reviews

78_%4,699 reviews
Audience score rating

"There's so much to enjoy in this film and for all the right reasons: it engages, it entertains, it holds up a mirror to Australian society in many understated ways, and it makes sense of its subject matter in a humane and light-handed (but not shallow) way."

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