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Writer 75 years old

Laura Jones

Australia

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

8 titles
Brick Lane

Brick Lane

Sarah Gavron 2007 1h 42m 6.5

The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).

Possession

Possession

Neil LaBute 2002 1h 42m 7.2

A pair of literary sleuths unearth the amorous secret of two Victorian poets only to find themselves falling under a passionate spell.

Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes

Alan Parker 1999 2h 25m 7.5

An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.

The Well

The Well

Samantha Lang 1997 1h 44m

Young Katherine and her older friend Hester live at the isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave that place because there's too much work. Hester, however, gets attracted to Katherine and hold her there, promising to give her less work in the future.

Oscar and Lucinda

Oscar and Lucinda

Gillian Armstrong 1997 2h 12m

Set in the 19th century, an unconventional British minister falls in love with a free-spirited Australian heiress. Together they set out to bring a glass church to the Australian outback.

A Thousand Acres

A Thousand Acres

Jocelyn Moorhouse 1997 1h 45m

A THOUSAND ACRES is a drama about an American family who meets with tragedy on their land. It is the story of a father, his daughters, and their husbands, and their passion to subdue the history of their land and its stories.

The Portrait of a Lady

The Portrait of a Lady

Jane Campion 1996 2h 24m 6.8

Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast.

An Angel at My Table

An Angel at My Table

Jane Campion 1990 2h 38m 8.4

Janet Frame grows up in a poor family. She is different than the other kids. She is considered abnormal and locked away in a mental institution for eight years. Everything changes when she starts writing books.

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