Producer Sue Maslin, in a short behind-the-scenes interview, explains how the mother-daughter relationship between Tilly (Kate Winslet) and Molly (Judy Davis) is at the very heart of The Dressm

The empowering 1979 classic Australian film My Brilliant Career has been digitally restored as part of the NFSA Restores program. 

Film Synopsis

Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn and Sam Neill as Harry Beecham in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

'Judy Davis, is a young lioness …' observed The London Sunday Times.