Lindy Chamberlain (Meryl Streep) is charged with the murder of baby daughter Azaria. Her husband, Pastor Michael Chamberlain (Sam Neill), is charged as an accessory.

The trial of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain (Meryl Streep and Sam Neill) begins at a court in Darwin. Lindy’s pregnancy is the source of much media attention.

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