Not dying. Josie Alibrandi has a lot to deal with right now. Looking for Alibrandi. Looking for Alibrandi Quotes Showing 1-30 of 73 “Living is the challenge. But living? She's 17, got the dreaded H.S.C. Looking for Alibrandi (2000) Cast and Crew. Looking for Alibrandi is a 2000 Australian film directed by Kate Woods from a script by Melina Marchetta based on her novel of the same name. It's been 16 years since the iconic Aussie film hit our screens. The novel follows its protagonist, Josephine Alibrandi, the Australian Italian daughter of Italian immigrant parents. It was the first Australian book I discovered that did not ‘try hard’ to depict youth, class or ethnicity. Dying is so easy. When you are a young adult, you innately have what Hemingway considers crucial for […] She is a seventeen year old girl in year 12 that lives in Sydney. Josie Alibrandi has a lot to deal with right now. Josie (Pia Miranda) is struggling to cope with her teenage existence. by Jenna Guillaume. Looking for Alibrandi is the debut novel of Australian author Melina Marchetta, published in 1992. in front of her and the boy of her dreams seems completely out of reach. A film adaptation was made in 2000. She's 17, got the dreaded H.S.C. Starring: Greta Scacchi, Pia Miranda, Anthony LaPaglia. Plot. The Cast Of "Looking For Alibrandi" Then Vs Now. Genres: Coming-of-Age. Josephine Alibrandi Josephine (also known as Josie) is the main character in the book. That can take you eighty years and you do something in that time.” ― Melina Marchetta, Looking for Alibrandi. Rated the #500 best film of 2000. Directed by: Kate Woods. Sometimes it only takes ten seconds to die. Essay by Alice Pung When I first read Melina Marchetta’s much-loved book, Looking for Alibrandi, I was around the same age as Josephine Alibrandi. in front of her and the boy of her dreams seems completely out of reach.