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

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.

2006

1h 23min

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Phillip Adams
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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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