In 1950s Australia, beautiful, talented dressmaker Tilly returns to her tiny hometown to right wrongs from her past. As she tries to reconcile with her mother, she starts to fall in love while transforming the fashion of the town.
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Kate Winslet
Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
Liam Hemsworth
Teddy McSwiney
Caroline Goodall
Elsbeth Beaumont
Judy Davis
Molly Dunnage
Hayley Magnus
Prudence
Hugo Weaving
Sergeant Farrat
Sarah Snook
Gertrude "Trudy" Pratt
Kerry Fox
Beulah Harridiene
Shane Jacobson
Alvin Pratt
Rebecca Gibney
Muriel Pratt
Director
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Screenplay
Jocelyn Moorhouse
Tagline
"Revenge is back in fashion."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$11,930,000
Revenue
$25,003,426
Production
White Hot Productions, Screen Australia, Film Art Media, Embankment Films, Ingenious Media, Universal Pictures
Reno
May 4, 2016
> Home is where the vengeance is. A stylish Aussie revenge-comedy that is adapted from a novel of the same name. Just superbly built screenplay on a tragedy that occurred some time back, but the movie reveals it only in the third act. About a woman who arrives in a small town where she was born and slowly gains popularity among the young women who seeks her stunning costumes to impress their co...
r96sk
March 22, 2022
Utterly superb! I wasn't expecting such greatness. <em>'The Dressmaker'</em>, to put it bluntly, is quality! It has a pulse and then some, I love the feel of the film throughout - with all its quirkiness, silliness and straight up brilliantness. It all starts off very strongly, though I did then feel a (very minor) plateau. However, to my surprise, it shoots straight back up as it culminates wi...
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