Looking for Alibrandi

Looking for Alibrandi is an Australian novel by Melina Marchetta. It was adapted to a successful film in 2000, directed by Kate Woods. The film stars Pia Miranda as an Italian-Australian teenager Josie Alibrandi, who attends a strict Catholic school in Sydney. The film follows her relationships with her family and peers.

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Australian - Melina Marchetta - Film - 2000 - Kate Woods - Pia Miranda - Sydney

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The book's popularity was mainly due to how honest the narration was, and how it realistically depicted the teenage way of thinking and dialogue. Dealing with themes such as identity, family, sex, friendship, angst, death, grief and moving on, this was all done in an either melo-dramatic/humourous way (seeing as the narrator Josie was melodramatic and very funny) or deeply moving (because underneath it all she has a heart), which was instantly recognised by teen readers.

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The movie was quite faithful to the book, transporting many of the themes and situations from page to screen, but one major criticism by fans was the amalgamation of the Ivy and Carly characters into just one character, taking traits from both, instead of having the two at different parts of the movie.

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