The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. A young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Bruce BeresfordDirector
- Eleanor WitcombeWriter
Cast
- Susannah FowleLaura Tweedle Rambotham
- Hilary RyanEvelyn
- Terence DonovanTom McNamara
- Patricia KennedyMiss Chapman
- Sheila HelpmannMrs. Gurley
- Candy RaymondMiss Zielinski
- Barry HumphriesRev. Strachey
- John WatersRev. Shepherd
- Kerry ArmstrongKate
- Sigrid ThorntonMaria