The Nights Belong to the Novelist poster

The Nights Belong to the Novelist(1987)

Name: The Nights Belong to the Novelist
Director: Christina Wilcox
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-01-01
Duration: 48 min
Cast: Ruth Cracknell, Kerry Walker

Ruth Cracknell Kerry Walker

This documentary explores the imaginative world of Australian novelist Elizabeth Jolley. It combines readings, dramatised segments, and witty and playful interviews in which Jolley talks about the craft and practical problems of writing, and her fictional treatment of old age, women's relationships, exile and displacement. Dramatic sequences bring to life Jolley's unforgettable characters. We see the funny, sad and bizarre worlds created in 'Woman in lampshade', 'Milk and Honey', 'Miss Peabody's Inheritance', 'Mr Scobies' Riddle' and 'Palamino'.