Looking for Alibrandi (film)

Looking for Alibrandi is a 2000 Australian film directed by Kate Woods from a script by Melina Marchetta based on her 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 films main character Anthony LaPaglia as her father, Michael Andretti, who left her and her mother before her birth and Kick Gurry as Josies love interest, Jacob Coote. The film won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film in 2000.

However, these complications are seemingly resolved quickly, in keeping with Josies brusque and forthright outlook on life. For example, in response to Carlys continuous snide remarks, she breaks her tormentors nose with a history textbook. It is this summary act that brings her father back into her life.Another complicationthe suicide of her close friend and unrequited crush, John Bartontests her resilience. Struggling with her grief, she finds comfort to a certain extent within Jacob Coote, he was a bad boy on the outside, but he was found out to be a sincere and caring person on the inside. ........

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