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The Dressmaker

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• Comedy
• Drama

• 2015
• Jocelyn Moorhouse
• 113 mins
• 12A

Summary

Comedy drama starring Kate Winslet and Liam Hemsworth. A glamorous seamstress causes havoc when she returns to her home town in rural 1950s Australia, transforming its women and confronting those who wronged her.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Karen Krizanovich

When an haute-coutured Kate Winslet sets a portable sewing machine in the dust and mutters, "I'm back you b*****ds," expect fireworks. Writer/director Jocelyn Moorhouse's spicy take on Rosalie Ham's beloved novel stars Winslet as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage, a glamorous exile returning in 1951 to Dungatar, the dusty, gossip-ridden town of her birth in the Aussie outback. She's there to settle a score, but her mother Mad Molly (Judy Davis in a superbly nuanced performance) doesn't remember having a daughter while the chief of police (Hugo Weaving) is distracted by her flamboyant attire. Tilly is a Parisian-trained seamstress, surviving with the flick of a stitch and uses that to her advantage with the locals. Her romance with the very physical Liam Hemsworth is idealised, though, while the townsfolk - some of Australia's best supporting actors - are surreal caricatures. Still, despite its levity and wild shifts in tone, The Dressmaker is a heartbreaking tragicomedy. It's also imaginative, funny, colourful, poignant and unforgettable.

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Cast

rolenameMyrtle "Tilly" DunnageKate WinsletTeddy McSwineyLiam HemsworthMolly DunnageJudy DavisSergeant FarratHugo WeavingEvan PettymanShane BourneElsbethCaroline GoodallWilliam BeaumontJames MackayUna PleasanceSacha HorlerGertrude "Trudy" PrattSarah SnookAlvin PrattShane JacobsonMuriel PrattRebecca GibneyBeulah HarridieneKerry Fox

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rolenameDirectorJocelyn Moorhouse

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Theatrical distributor

Entertainment

Released on

2015-11-20

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, drug abuse

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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