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Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom’

Mar 6, 2006

1h 23m

★ 0.0

Overview

First there was ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’, then ‘My Brilliant Career’, and now best of all ‘The Getting of Wisdom’. It is incomparably moving and powerful.

Genres

Documentary

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Phillip Adams

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Bruce Beresford

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Kim Deacon

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Susannah Fowle

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Barry Humphries

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John Waters

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Candy Raymond

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Donald McAlpine

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