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Jane Campion (writer)
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A look at three girls, young teens, in the era of the Beatles. Pam lives with parents who haven't spoken directly to each other in two years... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Gabrielle Shornegg ... Pam
Geraldine Haywood ... Stella
Marina Knight ... Gloria
John Godden ... Graeme
Joanne Gabbe ... Sister
Colleen Fitzpatrick ... Mother
Paul Chubb ... Father
Jane Edwards ... Deidre
Cynthia Turner ... Nun 1
Valda Diamond ... Nun 2
Katharine Cullen ... Little Pam
Jordi Austin ... School Girl
Jeanette Blake ... School Girl
Jennifer Blake ... School Girl
Dorothy Blaney ... School Girl
Heidi Blumer ... School Girl
Michelle Cooke ... School Girl
Sally Anne Cooke ... School Girl
Alison Davis ... School Girl
Anna Grieve ... School Girl
Zinta Harrington ... School Girl

Tushka Bergen ... School Girl (as Tushka Hose)
Tina Karodis ... School Girl
Meg Kennedy ... School Girl
Penny McDowell ... School Girl
Julia Mallesch ... School Girl
Fiona Morrison ... School Girl
Megan Moss ... School Girl
Kate Newman ... School Girl
Marina Nielsen ... School Girl
Kim Pierce ... School Girl
Katie Ravich ... School Girl
Elizabeth Browne ... Unmarried mother
Maria Ferro ... Unmarried mother
Jocelyn Moorhouse ... Unmarried mother (as Joss Moorhouse)
Lisa Parrish ... Unmarried mother
Lana Sawyer
Nicky Sudano
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Directed by
Jane Campion 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jane Campion  writer

Original Music by
Alex Proyas 
 
Cinematography by
Sally Bongers (photography)
 
Film Editing by
Christopher Lancaster 
 
Art Direction by
Maria Ferro 
Susan Pullen  (as Susie Pullen)
 
Makeup Department
Mary Louise Callagan .... makeup artist
Cindy Ferreri .... makeup artist
Cathy Price .... makeup artist
 
Sound Department
Lindsay Cobb .... sound assistant
Noel Cunningham .... sound mixer
Noel Cunningham .... sound recordist
Veronika Jenet .... sound editor (as Veronica Haussler)
Mark Perry .... synching
Tony Vaccher .... boom
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Sally Bongers .... camera operator
Jane Castle .... camera assistant
Nicolette Freeman .... camera assistant
Steve Hill .... grip
Sue Kerr .... grip
Tony Mandl .... gaffer
Wendy Thompson .... lighting assistant
Anna Zahalka .... still photographer
 
Other crew
Clare Edwards .... catering
Anna Grieve .... production assistant
Murree Hutchinson .... consultant: director
Gerard Lee .... catering
Patricia L'Huede .... production team
Laurie McInnes .... advisor
Alex Proyas .... advisor
 

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27 min
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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Her Very OWN, 7 September 2009
Author: tedg (tedg@FilmsFolded.com) from Virginia Beach

I recently watched "In the Cut," and found its connectives strange and exciting. So I went to this to see them when young and raw.

Supposedly, this is Campion's first long form film. It didn't quite work as a film the first time because it is so fractionated. Her earlier "Passionless Moments" was in the Greenaway tradition of aggregating small bits, small glances, into a world. The same is carried here and though there is a story — something actually happens to a poor girl — the bits of the story do not connect. It frustrated me.

But then I got it. Breillat, for instance, stands on our side when telling us about women and especially girls. She gives the genuine insight but uses the smooth form. Campion stands on the girl's side: this fragmentation, this lack of narrative continuity, this disconnectedness from sense — it would be what the girl would experience.

"Each of us has a fragile presence that fades almost as it forms." That is Campion, literally. She captures that melting snowflake, the tragedy of the melt from within. The collapse of order.

There is nothing like visiting the beginnings of filmmakers you have come to trust.

Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.

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