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The Dressmaker is an Australian English-language film directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, who also co-wrote the screenplay with P. J. Hogan. The cast includes Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, and Hugo Weaving. The narrative is set in Australia in 1951, with filming locations including You Yangs and Murtoa. The production involved companies such as White Hot Productions and Screen Australia, with David Hirschfelder as composer and Donald McAlpine as director of photography.
The film was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix via video on demand. It has a runtime of 118 or 119 minutes and a budget between 11,930,000 and 17,000,000. Box office revenues are listed as 24,000,000 or 25,003,426. Genres include comedy drama, LGBTQ-related film, and vigilante film. It received AACTA Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role, with additional nominations for Best Film and Best Direction.
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7.0In 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.
Cast
- Kate Winslet as Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage
- Liam Hemsworth as Teddy McSwiney
- Caroline Goodall as Elsbeth Beaumont
- Judy Davis as Molly Dunnage
- Hayley Magnus as Prudence
- Hugo Weaving as Sergeant Farrat
Themes
- australia
- small town
- based on novel or book
- suppressed past
- dark comedy
- bullying
- exile
- dressmaker
- revenge
- accidental death
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
70,394 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
60%
Metacritic
47/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 15 wins & 41 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Original language
- English language
- Depicts
- kiss
- Director
- Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Screenwriter
- P. J. Hogan
- Composer
- David Hirschfelder
- Cinematographer
- Donald McAlpine
- Filming location
- Murtoa
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 890978
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thedressmakermov.com
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- publication date
- 2016-03-10
- title
- The Dressmaker
- production designer
- Roger Ford
- distributed by
- Netflix
- capital cost
- 17000000
- box office
- 24000000
- Commons category
- The Dressmaker (2015 film)
- set in period
- 1951
- review score
- 47/100
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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